Introducing a new economics : pluralist, sustainable and progressive / Jack Reardon, Maria Alejandra Caporale Madi and Molly Scott Cato.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reardon, Jackie, author.

Madi, Maria Alejandra Caporale, 1959- author.

Cato, Molly Scott, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Textbooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (385 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2018.

Summary:

A textbook that will set the standard for the new movement for pluralist economics.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

List of Boxes, Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Preface

1. Introducing Economics with a Judicious Mix of Pluralism, Sustainability and Justice

2. Knowledge and the Construction of Economic Models

3. Sustainability, Resources and the Environment

4. Power and the Distribution of Resources

5. Inequality, Poverty and Disempowerment

6. Livelihoods and Work

7. Unemployment and Employment

8. Money

9. Economic Value

10. Firms, Industries and Markets

11. Economic Democracy

12. Economic Governance

13. Consumption, Investment and Savings

14. Recessions and Financial Crises

15. Justice, Political Economy, Global Development and Governance

16. Trade, Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments

17. Contemporary Global Economic and Financial Trends

18. Which Way Forward?

Bibliography

Subject Index

Author Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78371-217-1

OCLC:

1013814730