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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786149603321

Autore

Levine David P. <1948-, >

Titolo

Economic studies : contributions to the critique of economic theory / / David P. Levine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-72121-5

1-283-96805-3

0-203-81630-7

1-136-72122-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

330.01

Soggetti

Economics

Economics - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in 1977 by Routledge & Kegan Paul"--T.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Origins of economic science -- pt. 2. The character of contemporary economic thought.

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1977, David Levine's Economic Studies offers a critique and reconstruction of the theoretical conception of economic life. The premise of the study is that only an investigation of the system of elementary economic relations - value, capital, production - can overcome the confusion and misdirection which baffles progress in all areas of economic theory, and lay the foundation for further development of economic science.   Levine discusses both the origins of economic science and the character of contemporary economic thought. He presents a critique of the ideas of classical