Political economy : the contest of economic ideas /

Stilwell, Frank J. B.,

Political economy : the contest of economic ideas / Frank Stilwell. - Third edition. - xxi, 458 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Previous ed.: 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Current Economic Processes and Problems -- Part II. Economic Systems and Economic Theories -- Part III. Back to Basics: Classical Political Economy -- Part IV. The Critique of Capitalism: Marxist Economics -- Part V. The Ideology of the Market: Neoclassical Economics -- Part VI. Evolution and Reform: Institutional Economics -- Part VII. Stabilising the Economy: Keynesian Economics -- Part VIII. Contemporary Concerns: Modern Political Economy -- Part IX. Whither Political Economy? Conflict and Progress -- --. Current Economic Processes and Problems -- What is Political Economy? -- The Personal is Political Economic -- Structural Economic Changes -- Political Economic Challenges -- -- Economic Systems and Economic Theories -- Economic Systems -- Capitalism -- Economic Theories -- -- Back to Basics: Classical Political Economy -- Capitalism Emerging -- Private Vices, Public Virtues -- Value, Distribution, Growth -- Land and Economic Surplus -- -- The Critique of Capitalism: Marxist Economics -- Contesting Capitalism -- The Mode of Production -- Labour, Value, Exploitation -- Capital Accumulation -- Reproduction, Growth, Change -- Economic Crises -- -- The Ideology of the Market: Neoclassical Economics -- Free-market Economics -- Consumers -- Firms -- Market Structures -- Distribution -- Economic Welfare and Neo-Liberalism -- -- Evolution and Reform: Institutional Economics -- Economy and Society -- A Dissident Tradition in Economics -- Economic Power -- Economic and Social Reform -- Corporate Globalisation -- -- Stabilising the Economy: Keynesian Economics -- The Disillusioned Defence of Capitalism -- Constructing a Keynesian Model -- Instability in a Monetary Economy -- Macroeconomic Policy -- The Keynesian Legacy -- -- Contemporary Concerns: Modern Political Economy -- A Radical Reconstruction -- Economy and Environment -- Technology, Industry, Work -- Class, Gender, Ethnicity -- The Political Economy of the State -- -- Whither Political Economy? Conflict and Progress -- Why Do Economists Disagree? -- A Level Playing Field for Economic Ideas? -- W(h)ither Capitalism? -- A Happy Ending?. Part I. 1. 2. 3. 4. Part II. 5. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. 10. 11. Part IV. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Part V. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Part VI. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Part VII. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. Part VIII. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Part IX. 39. 40. 41. 42.

"The third edition of Political Economy: The Contest of Economic Ideas is a fully updated overview of the political economy and its connection with social concerns. This book investigates the main traditions of economic ideas and provides a 'big picture' overview of the analytical tools and value judgements associated with competing schools of economic thought. "--Publisher's website.

0195575016 9780195575019


Comparative economics.

HB171.5 / .S893 2012

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