Alternative Ideas from 10 (Almost) Forgotten Economists
Authors: van Staveren, Irene
- Convey an original presentation of ideas as applicable to contemporary real-world economic issues
- Rejects classical economics and neoliberal policies
- Provides a succinct overview of key economic figures and their relevance for a postcapitalist economy
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- About this book
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How should we address today’s big problems, and what we can take from icons of economics past? How would John Maynard Keynes have resolved today’s debt problem, or how would Adam Smith have assessed the European carbon emission trading market? This book applies the ideas of ten renowned economists (Marx, Minsky, Keynes, Knight, Bergmann, Veblen, Sen, Myrdal, Smith, Robinson) to real world economic problems, directly or indirectly related to the causes and consequences of the 2008 financial crisis. Each chapter presents an economist, and structures the ‘problem’, the ‘insight’ (the economist’s idea), the ‘economist’ (short bio), and two ‘practices’ offering real-world alternatives. This book presents a lively and original approach that will be of interest to economists and non-economists alike, discussing key elements of an economics for a postcapitalist economy and connecting policy insights to real-world problems of today.
- About the authors
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Irene van Staveren is professor of pluralist development economics at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam.
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-7
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Chapter 1: Karl Marx on Capitalism
Pages 9-30
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Chapter 2: Hyman Minsky on Financial Crises
Pages 31-47
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Chapter 3: John Maynard Keynes on Debt and Demand
Pages 49-63
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Chapter 4: Frank Knight on Risk and Uncertainty
Pages 65-78
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Alternative Ideas from 10 (Almost) Forgotten Economists
- Authors
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- Irene van Staveren
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-57609-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-57609-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-57608-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 211
- Number of Illustrations
- 21 b/w illustrations
- Topics
