The delusions of economics [[electronic resource] ] : the misguided certainties of a hazardous science / / Gilbert Rist ; translated by Patrick Camiller |
Autore | Rist Gilbert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Zed Books, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.157 |
Altri autori (Persone) | CamillerPatrick |
Soggetto topico | Economics |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78360-026-8
1-84813-925-X 1-283-35510-8 9786613355102 1-84813-924-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461027603321 |
Rist Gilbert | ||
London, : Zed Books, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The delusions of economics : the misguided certainties of a hazardous science / / Gilbert Rist |
Autore | Rist Gilbert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.157 |
Soggetto topico |
Neoclassical school of economics
International economics |
ISBN |
1-350-22305-0
1-78360-026-8 1-84813-925-X 1-283-35510-8 9786613355102 1-84813-924-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
About the Author; Introduction; 1 Economics between History and Anthropology; The trap of autonomous disciplines; Changing the optic; From reductionism to complexity; 2 A Failed Scientific Ambition; The triumph of mechanics; Thermodynamics and the irreversibility of time; The impotence of economic 'reason'; 3 Homo Oeconomicus: A Dangerous Phantom; The unlocatable individual; How to construct society?; The tautologies of methodological individualism; 4 Exchange; The right words for it; Prescription or proscription; Giving, receiving and giving back; Market exchange or inverted logic.
Do the axioms of self-interest serve the interests of exchange partners?; 5 The Fairy Tale of Scarcity; The two faces of scarcity; The means of abundance; How to conquer violence in society?; The dual paradox; 6 Utility and Futility; Questions for Jeremy Bentham; How to define utility?; Reductionist assumptions; 7 Equilibrium; The Walrasian model; 8 The Growth Obsession; What economic 'science' has chosen to exclude; National accounting and the invention of GDP; The growth obligation and its consequences; 9 Growth Objection; Actually occurring 'degrowth'; Avoiding the economic trap. 'Sustainable development' or another model 'What about the well-being of the South'; 10 Economic 'Science' as Religion; From Émile Durkheim to Louis Dumont; Naturalist dogmas; The self-immunization of economic religion; 11 Towards a New Paradigm?; Heterodoxy as the solution?; The diversity of economic forms; The Newtonian impasse; Conclusion; A look back at the origins of the crisis; Polanyi is back; Changing everything so that it remains the same; The blindness of ordinary economics; Hopes of change?; Critique as the precondition of a new paradigm; Bibliography; Index; About Zed Books. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789710703321 |
Rist Gilbert | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The delusions of economics : the misguided certainties of a hazardous science / / Gilbert Rist |
Autore | Rist Gilbert |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
Disciplina | 330.157 |
Soggetto topico |
Neoclassical school of economics
International economics |
ISBN |
1-350-22305-0
1-78360-026-8 1-84813-925-X 1-283-35510-8 9786613355102 1-84813-924-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
About the Author; Introduction; 1 Economics between History and Anthropology; The trap of autonomous disciplines; Changing the optic; From reductionism to complexity; 2 A Failed Scientific Ambition; The triumph of mechanics; Thermodynamics and the irreversibility of time; The impotence of economic 'reason'; 3 Homo Oeconomicus: A Dangerous Phantom; The unlocatable individual; How to construct society?; The tautologies of methodological individualism; 4 Exchange; The right words for it; Prescription or proscription; Giving, receiving and giving back; Market exchange or inverted logic.
Do the axioms of self-interest serve the interests of exchange partners?; 5 The Fairy Tale of Scarcity; The two faces of scarcity; The means of abundance; How to conquer violence in society?; The dual paradox; 6 Utility and Futility; Questions for Jeremy Bentham; How to define utility?; Reductionist assumptions; 7 Equilibrium; The Walrasian model; 8 The Growth Obsession; What economic 'science' has chosen to exclude; National accounting and the invention of GDP; The growth obligation and its consequences; 9 Growth Objection; Actually occurring 'degrowth'; Avoiding the economic trap. 'Sustainable development' or another model 'What about the well-being of the South'; 10 Economic 'Science' as Religion; From Émile Durkheim to Louis Dumont; Naturalist dogmas; The self-immunization of economic religion; 11 Towards a New Paradigm?; Heterodoxy as the solution?; The diversity of economic forms; The Newtonian impasse; Conclusion; A look back at the origins of the crisis; Polanyi is back; Changing everything so that it remains the same; The blindness of ordinary economics; Hopes of change?; Critique as the precondition of a new paradigm; Bibliography; Index; About Zed Books. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810583703321 |
Rist Gilbert | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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