Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Debunking Economics: The Naked Emperor Dethroned?

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Debunking Economics , now including a downloadable supplement for courses, exposes what many non-economists may have suspected and a minority of economists have long known: that economic theory is not only unpalatable, but also plain wrong.

When the original Debunking Economics was published in 2001, the market economy seemed invincible, and conventional "neoclassical" economic theory basked in the limelight. Steve Keen argued that economists deserved none of the credit for the economy's performance, and "The false confidence it has engendered in the stability of the market economy has encouraged policy-makers to dismantle some of the institutions which initially evolved to try to keep its instability within limits." That instability exploded with the devastating financial crisis of 2007, and now haunts the global economy with the prospect of another Depression.

In this expanded and updated new edition, Keen builds on his scathing critique of conventional economic theory while explaining what mainstream economists cannot: why the crisis occurred, why it is proving to be intractable, and what needs to be done to end it. Essential for anyone who has ever doubted the advice or reasoning of economists, Debunking Economics provides a signpost to a better future.

Language: English

Pages: 496

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Zed Books

Release: September 01, 2011

ISBN: 1848139926

ISBN 13: 9781848139923

Debunking Economics: The Naked Emperor Dethroned?

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Debunking Economics , now including a downloadable supplement for courses, exposes what many non-economists may have suspected and a minority of economists have long known: that economic theory is not only unpalatable, but also plain wrong.

When the original Debunking Economics was published in 2001, the market economy seemed invincible, and conventional "neoclassical" economic theory basked in the limelight. Steve Keen argued that economists deserved none of the credit for the economy's performance, and "The false confidence it has engendered in the stability of the market economy has encouraged policy-makers to dismantle some of the institutions which initially evolved to try to keep its instability within limits." That instability exploded with the devastating financial crisis of 2007, and now haunts the global economy with the prospect of another Depression.

In this expanded and updated new edition, Keen builds on his scathing critique of conventional economic theory while explaining what mainstream economists cannot: why the crisis occurred, why it is proving to be intractable, and what needs to be done to end it. Essential for anyone who has ever doubted the advice or reasoning of economists, Debunking Economics provides a signpost to a better future.

Language: English

Pages: 496

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Zed Books

Release: September 01, 2011

ISBN: 1848139926

ISBN 13: 9781848139923

More books from Steve Keen

Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?

4.2/5 ( ratings)

eCONcomics: Taking the CON Out of Economics

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Debunking Economics: Supplement to the Naked Emperor Dethroned?

4.2/5 ( ratings)

La Economia Desenmascarada

4.7/5 ( ratings)

Banking Systems in the Crisis: The Faces of Liberal Capitalism

Commerce, Complexity, and Evolution: Topics in Economics, Finance, Marketing, and Management: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Symposium in Economic Theory and Econometrics

Pouvons-nous éviter une autre crise financière ? (LIENS QUI LIBER)

L'imposture économique (SOCIAL ECO H C)

Debunking Economics (Digital Edition - Revised, Expanded and Integrated): The Naked Emperor Dethroned?

Adbusters #84 Pop Nihilism

Possiamo evitare un'altra crisi finanziaria?

Rate this book!

Write a review?