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Record Nr.

UNINA9910649911103321

Autore

Tabb William K

Titolo

Reconstructing political economy : the great divide in economic thought / / William K. Tabb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1999

ISBN

1-134-62163-9

1-134-62164-7

1-280-18271-7

0-203-04931-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Contemporary political economy series

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Economics

Economics - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-280) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; The two cultures in economics; Of dialogic debates and the uncertain embrace; Contestation and canonicity: the Adam Smith problem; The legacies of classical political economy; Marx and the long run; The neoclassical (counter) revolution; Heterodoxy and holism; Keynes and the world turned upside down; The last half-century in the mainstream; Theorizing economic growth; From equilibrium into history; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This volume offers an original perspective on the questions the great economists have asked and looks at their significance for todays world. Written in a provocative and accessible style, it examines how the diverse traditions of political economy have conceptualised economic issues, events and theory. Going beyond the orthodoxies of mainstream economics it shows the relevance of political economy to the debates on the economic meaning of our times. Reconstructing Political Economy is a timely and thought-provoking contribution to a political economy for our time. In this light i