Political economy : the contest of economic ideas / Frank Stilwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stilwell, Frank J. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics.

Comparative economics.

Physical Description:

xxi, 458 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Australia : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

This third edition of Political Economy: The Contest of Economic Ideas provides a fully updated overview of the political economy and its connection with social concerns.

Explains relationships between political ideologies and economics

This book investigates the main traditions of economic ideas and provides a 'big picture' overview of the analytical tools and value judgments associated with competing schools of economic thought.

Breaks down the theories

A clear and engaging writing style makes the complexities of contesting economic ideas-such as classical political economy and Marxist economics, and neoclassical economies and neoliberalism-easier to grasp.

Accessible and topical

Essential reading for those students and teachers interested in broadening their understanding of conventional political economics, and considering the coherent and constructive alternatives.

New to the edition

New chapter on the economics of happiness

New sections on

The global financial crisis

The economic implications of climate change

Putting a price on carbon

Green jobs

Financialisation

'Affluenza'

Behavioural economics

New images of key economists who have shaped the development to economic theory. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Current Economic Processes and Problems 001

1 What is Political Economy? 002

2 The Personal is Political Economic 010

3 Structural Economic Changes 017

4 Political Economic Challenges 025

Part II Economic Systems and Economic Theories 039

5 Economic Systems 040

6 Capitalism 051

7 Economic Theories 058

Part III Back to Basics: Classical Political Economy 065

8 Capitalism Emerging 066

9 Private Vices, Public Virtues 073

10 Value, Distribution, Growth 080

11 Land and Economic Surplus 088

Part IV The Critique of Capitalism: Marxist Economics 097

12 Contesting Capitalism 098

13 The Mode of Production 107

14 Labour, Value, Exploitation 115

15 Capital Accumulation 126

16 Reproduction, Growth, Change 133

17 Economic Crises 141

Part V The Ideology of the Market: Neoclassical Economics 149

18 Free-market Economics 150

19 Consumers 161

20 Firms 171

21 Market Structures 180

22 Distribution 191

23 Economic Welfare and Neoliberalism 200

Part VI Evolution and Reform: Institutional Economics 211

24 Economy and Society 212

25 A Dissident Tradition in Economics 220

26 Economic Power 229

27 Economic and Social Reform 241

28 Corporate Globalisation 251

Part VII Stabilising the Economy: Keynesian Economics 263

29 The Disillusioned Defence of Capitalism 264

30 Constructing a Keynesian Model 273

31 Instability in a Monetary Economy 284

32 Macroeconomic Policy 293

33 The Keynesian Legacy 304

Part VIII Contemporary Concerns: Modern Political Economy 317

34 A Radical Reconstruction 318

35 Economy and Environment 325

36 Technology, Industry, Work 338

37 Class, Gender, Ethnicity 350

38 The Political Economy of the State 364

Part IX Whither Political Economy? Conflict and Progress 373

39 Why Do Economists Disagree? 374

40 A Level Playing Field for Economic Ideas? 387

41 W(h)ither Capitalism? 395

42 A Happy Ending? 406.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-445) and index.

ISBN:

9780195575019

0195575016

OCLC:

779097365