Economics for the Common Good

Two Centuries of Economic Thought in the Humanist Tradition
1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-415-14313-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 488 g

Reihe: Routledge Advances in Social Economics

This textbook presents an introduction to the central issues of social economics. Building on a venerable social economics tradition, the book recommends a more rational economic order and proposes new principles of economic policy. The issues covered include:

* the inadequacy of individualistic economics in guiding the policy maker
* a critique of economic rationality
* rethinking of the modern business corporation
* a critical look at markets as panacea
* the harmful effects of international competition
* environmental problems.
The book introduces social economic concepts and challenges the reader to look beyond the confines of mainstream economic thinking to find a solution to these critical issues.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lutz, Mark A

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Agnostizismus, Atheismus, Säkularer Humanismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Source Acknowledgments 1 Introducing social economics 2 The grandfather of social economics: J.C.L. Simonde de Sismondi 3 The germination of social economics on British soil 4 In Sismondi’s spirit: John A. Hobson 5 Ethics, science and economic welfare 6 Tracking the common good 7 How reasonable is economic rationality? 8 Rethinking the corporation 9 Whither the market and globalization? 10 The ultimate challenge 11 Social economics as an alternative.

Über Autor(innen)

Mark A.Lutz is Professor of Economics at the University of Maine.