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How to Read Economic News - A Critical Approach to Economic Journalism (Paperback): Henry Silke, Fergal Quinn, Maria Rieder How to Read Economic News - A Critical Approach to Economic Journalism (Paperback)
Henry Silke, Fergal Quinn, Maria Rieder
R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Closely examining how the news media reports economic and financial matters, this book equips students with solid methodological skills for reading and interpreting the news alongside a toolkit for best practice as an economic journalist. How to Read Economic News combines theory and practice to explore the discourse surrounding economics in the mass media and how this specialised form of reporting can be improved. Beginning by introducing major concepts such as financialised economic reporting, media amnesia and loss of trust, the book goes on to help students to interpret, understand and analyse existing news discourse and to identify subtle biases in news reports stemming from hegemonic belief systems. The final section puts this analytical knowledge into practice, providing students with methods for the critical production of news and covering such skills as identifying newsworthiness, story sourcing, achieving clarity, and using complex datasets in news stories. This is a key text for students and academics in the fields of financial journalism and critical discourse analysis who wish to approach the subject with a critical eye.

The Origins and Evolution of Consumer Capitalism - A Veblenian-Keynesian Perspective (Paperback): John P. Watkins The Origins and Evolution of Consumer Capitalism - A Veblenian-Keynesian Perspective (Paperback)
John P. Watkins
R957 Discovery Miles 9 570 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Argues that the rise and rise of consumer capitalism has been responsible for global military conflict, the boom and bust economic cycle, and the ongoing environmental crisis. Combines heterodox economic theory (particularly Keynes, Veblen and Minsky) with global case studies to present a complete analysis of the history of consumer capitalism.

Rethinking Economics - Markets, Technology and Economic Evolution (Hardcover): Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Ernesto Screpanti Rethinking Economics - Markets, Technology and Economic Evolution (Hardcover)
Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Ernesto Screpanti
R3,015 Discovery Miles 30 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Rethinking Economics is a major contribution to the reconstruction of an economic theory appropriate to the 21st century.Just as major changes are occurring in the world economy, economics itself is on the brink of change. Orthodox economics is now widely criticized for its sterility and its limited applicability to real-world economic problems. Standard theoretical tools such as general equilibrium theory are now regarded, even by their leading practitioners, as highly limited and problematic. New ideas from chaos theory, evolutionary modelling and institutional theory point to new, non-reductionist approaches in which there are units of analysis other than the atomistic individual. This work addresses core economic concepts, such as individual choice, prices, markets, production, industries, technology, innovation and economic growth in the light of these developments. This unique, up-to-date volume makes a seminal contribution at the frontiers of economic theory.

Game Theory and Public Policy, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition): Roger A. McCain Game Theory and Public Policy, Second Edition (Paperback, 2nd edition)
Roger A. McCain
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Building on the success of the first edition, Game Theory and Public Policy, Second Edition provides a critical, selective review of key concepts in game theory with a view to their applications in public policy. The author further suggests modifications for some of the models (chiefly in cooperative game theory) to improve their applicability to economics and public policy. Roger McCain makes use of the analytical tools of game theory for the pragmatic purpose of identifying problems and exploring potential solutions, providing a toolkit for the analysis of public policy allowing for a clearer understanding of the public policy enterprise itself. His critical review of major topics from both cooperative and non-cooperative game theory includes less-known ideas and constructive proposals for new approaches. This revised edition features a new second half that focuses on biform games, combining cooperative and non-cooperative decisions in a simple and natural way to provide a working model of externalities that can be applied to issues such as monopoly policy and labor market policies. Drawing on comparatively well understood models in cooperative game theory and the author's own research on mathematical models of biform games, this unique approach and treatment of game theory, updated and expanded to stay on the cutting edge, will be a useful resource for students and scholars of economics and public policy, as well as for policymakers themselves.

Property Rights and the Limits of Democracy (Hardcover): Charles K. Rowley Property Rights and the Limits of Democracy (Hardcover)
Charles K. Rowley
R3,953 Discovery Miles 39 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Property rights lie at the heart of the economic success of any economy and the extent to which its citizens enjoy economic freedom. At a time when Eastern Europe is breaking free from the yoke of collectivist-socialist ideas, this book presents essays by four political economists evaluating a range of feasible reforms intended to breathe new life into constitutional republicanism. The first essay by James M. Buchanan grounds the defence of private property ownership in the protection that it affords to individual liberty. This is followed by a succinct but comprehensive account by Gordon Tullock of his research programme in rent seeking. This is a great and instructive contribution which skilfully draws out the dangerous implications of rent seeking for private property rights. A far-reaching and insightful essay by Richard E. Wagner exposes the failure of the United States constitution to overcome the tyranny of the majority so feared by the Founding Fathers: the author demonstrates why the tyranny of the majority cannot be overcome by a written constitution unless the institutions of society are designed to offer complementary support to limited government and the rule of law. In the final essay, Charles Rowley retraces the history of social choice theory, identifies the errors that it has promulgated and the corrective lessons that can be learned from the classical liberal philosophy that it has substantially ignored. Including essays by some of the most eminent scholars in the field, Property Rights and the Limits of Democracy makes an important and distinguished contribution to one of the most central issues in political economy in the late twentieth century.

THOMAS JOPLIN AND CLASSICAL MACROECONOMICS - A Reappraisal of Classical Monetary Thought (Hardcover): D.P. O'Brien THOMAS JOPLIN AND CLASSICAL MACROECONOMICS - A Reappraisal of Classical Monetary Thought (Hardcover)
D.P. O'Brien
R3,479 Discovery Miles 34 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this reassessment of the 19th century monetary theorist and banking reformer, Thomas Joplin, Professor O'Brien sets out to place his subject in a new perspective. He discusses Joplin's role as a reformer and his relationships with fellow economists and explores such issues as the problems of paper currency, the principle of metallic fluctuation, agricultural prices and the monetary system and the structure of banking. The book should be of interest to anyone interested in the development of monetary economics as well as to economic historians.

ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND DISCOURSE IN THE 20TH CENTURY (Hardcover): Warren J. Samuels, Jeff Biddle, Thomas W. Patchak-Schuster ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND DISCOURSE IN THE 20TH CENTURY (Hardcover)
Warren J. Samuels, Jeff Biddle, Thomas W. Patchak-Schuster
R3,480 Discovery Miles 34 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The history of economics comprises the accumulated capital of the discipline; its study permits both the retrieval of important ideas and the conduct of analysis which places present day work in context. The essays in this book demonstrate some of the variety of uses to which the history of economics, as a sub-discipline, can be put.Economic Thought and Discourse in the 20th Century commences with an essay on John R. Hicks, one of the leading economic theorists of the twentieth century and a writer with much to say about the nature of economic theory and the functions of the history of economic thought. An essay on Thorstein Veblen examines a figure who is at once both idiosyncratic and monumental, and whose work on war and peace is seen both to have been deeply prescient at the time it was written, and to be critically relevant at the close of the twentieth century. The third piece in this collection is a study of the discursive and interpretative structure of Alfred Marshall's Principles of Economics. More than a century after its publication, the Principles is widely regarded as one of the most important, and immediately influential, works of economic science ever written. Yet, it is argued, Marshall's use of language and argument may well have been equal in importance to the analytical techniques which he demonstrated. The concluding essay on the early journal history of law and economics places in perspective much of the contemporary work in this area and suggests that more could be expected from a field with such a rich and suggestive history. These essays will make significant contributions both to their respective subjects and to the historiography of economics.

New Perspectives on Business Cycles - An Analysis of Inequality and Heterogeneity (Hardcover): Satya P. Das New Perspectives on Business Cycles - An Analysis of Inequality and Heterogeneity (Hardcover)
Satya P. Das
R3,220 Discovery Miles 32 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Traditional aggregate theories of the business cycle, Keynesian or the neoclassical, have not succeeded in explaining the severe down turns in the United States and other advanced economies. New Perspectives on Business Cycles proposes a theory that economic inequality and heterogeneity in a market economy may be an important influence on business cycles. The author, Satya Das, provides for the first time a systematic assessment of possible links between business cycles and changes in the distribution of income and wealth.Arguing that changes in the distribution of wealth and income in a private market economy can generate variations in the aggregate output, Professor Das uses a series of models to relate economic inequalities across households to fluctuations in the economy. In particular, he argues that severe inequities in wealth and income distribution can lead to fluctuations in a macroeconomy, with important implications for the financial markets. Empirical evidence from the post-war US economy is presented in support of this theory.

Mission Economy - A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism (Paperback): Mariana Mazzucato Mission Economy - A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism (Paperback)
Mariana Mazzucato
R521 R432 Discovery Miles 4 320 Save R89 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Truth versus precision in economics (Paperback): Thomas Mayer Truth versus precision in economics (Paperback)
Thomas Mayer
R1,137 Discovery Miles 11 370 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This engaging and intelligent book provides an accessible, down to earth assessment of the role of formalism and rigour in economics.Professor Mayer argues that there is room in economics for both highly formalised theory and for the less formal theory that predominates in the natural sciences. But economists generally fail to distinguish between these two types of theory. As a result, they often act as if the strength of an argument depends on the strength of its strongest link. They misallocate effort, polishing those parts of the argument that tend to be formalised, while paying insufficient attention to the others. Drawing on public choice theory, Mayer shows how this emphasis on the strongest link has distorted research particularly in new classical theory. He advocates stricter econometric testing, showing that many procedures currently used are only soft tests.

PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT - Volume VII: Perspectives on the Administrative Tradition: from Antiquity to... PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT - Volume VII: Perspectives on the Administrative Tradition: from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
S. T. Lowry
R3,220 Discovery Miles 32 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Volume VII illustrates the administrative aspects that are an on-going component of most economic theory. It demonstrates that before the birth of political economy as a formal discipline, public and private administrators were formulating theories about economic processes as guidelines for administrative decisions. The main theme of this volume revolves around the influence of administrative considerations on the development of economic theory.

The Economics of Wealth Creation (Hardcover, illustrated edition): James Ball The Economics of Wealth Creation (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
James Ball
R3,454 Discovery Miles 34 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This important book explores many different aspects of the wealth creation process. It includes new essays by senior members of the economics profession focusing on aspects of competitive advantage, the environment, the integration of trade, manufacturing and services, the policies of wealth creation and economic policy. The creation of wealth lies at the heart of the economic process and is fundamental to the efficient working of the modern economy.

The CO-ORDINATION OF THE LAWS OF DISTRIBUTION - by Philip H. Wicksteed (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Ian Steedman The CO-ORDINATION OF THE LAWS OF DISTRIBUTION - by Philip H. Wicksteed (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Ian Steedman
R2,831 Discovery Miles 28 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Wicksteed's classic work, The Co-ordination of the Laws of Distribution, has a central place within the development of marginal productivity theory. It claimed to explain all 'factor returns' on a unified basis and to show how 'marginal productivity factor pricing' just exhausted the total product. It is presented here with a long introduction by the editor, Ian Steedman, who provides both a careful analysis of the text and an assessment of Wicksteed's place within the development of modern economics. This important new edition will make The Co-ordination of the Laws of Distribution accessible to a fresh generation of economists.

MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS - by W. Launhardt (Hardcover, illustrated edition): John Creedy MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS - by W. Launhardt (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
John Creedy
R3,199 Discovery Miles 31 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first English translation of Launhardt's Mathematische Begrundung der Volkswirtschaftslehre (1885), a major contribution to neoclassical economic theory which contains many important and original analyses. This edition will provide the basis for a re-evaluation of Launhardt's outstanding, but undervalued, contribution to economics. Taking the neoclassical emphasis on exchange as the central economic problem, Laundardt begins with a thorough treatment of the pure exchange model, then goes on to extend the treatment to the production of goods and the supply of labour, with a sophisticated general equilibrium perspective. It contains important analyses of savings and the role of capital goods, as well as an outstanding study of transport and the location of industry. Launhardt's book can, with justice, with be described as the first comprehensive treatise on welfare economics. Mathematical Principles of Economics will prove stimulating reading for economic theorists as well as those interested in the history of economics thought.

DEMAND AND EXCHANGE IN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS - A History from Cournot to Marshall (Hardcover): John Creedy DEMAND AND EXCHANGE IN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS - A History from Cournot to Marshall (Hardcover)
John Creedy
R3,208 Discovery Miles 32 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Demand and Exchange in Economic Analysis provides a rare combination of detailed analysis of a central area of economics with the history of economic thought. The first part of the book examines major attempts to treat mathematically the partial equilibrium concept of demand conceived as a schedule. The second part, after generalizing Cournot's model of trade in a single good, traces the general equilibrium analysis of exchange. This adds to the concept of a demand curve the fundamental interpretation of the rate of exchange, or price ratio, in terms of the amount of one good offered in return for a unit of another good. The similarity in the treatments of Mill, Whewell, Marshall and Walras is revealed along with the emphasis on multiple equilibria. Edgeworth's grand synthesis and extension of Jevons's approach to exchange is then discussed in detail. The book will be of interest to a wide range of economists interested in placing modern theory in historical perspective.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS - Prospects and Problems (Hardcover): Scott Moss, John Rae ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS - Prospects and Problems (Hardcover)
Scott Moss, John Rae
R3,289 Discovery Miles 32 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This important book presents new and original work at the frontiers of economics - namely the interface between artificial intelligence (AI) and neoclassical economics.Artificial Intelligence and Economic Analysis focuses on three quite distinct lines of AI orientated research in economics: applications intended to extend neoclassical theory, applications intended to undermine neoclassical theory and applications which ignore neoclassical theory in the quest for new modelling techniques and fields of analysis. The contributors - all of whom are well established in the field - seek to identify those areas where the science of artificial intelligence could enrich standard economic analysis. It includes material from mainstream economists who are willing to express their own views about the limits of mainstream economic modelling and AI based economic modelling. The book makes an important contribution to a new and exciting area of economics which holds much hope for the future.

Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise (Hardcover): Erwin Dekker Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise (Hardcover)
Erwin Dekker
R1,037 R980 Discovery Miles 9 800 Save R57 (5%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Jan Tinbergen was the first Nobel Prize winner in Economics and one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. This book argues that his crucial contribution is the theory of economic policy and the legitimation of economic expertise in service of the state. It traces his youthful socialist ideals which found political direction in the Plan-socialist movement of the 1930s for which he developed new economic models to combat the Great Depression. After World War II he was able to synthesize that work into a theory of economic policy which not only provided a lasting framework for economic policy around the world, but also secured a permanent place for economic experts close to government. The book then turns to an examination of his attempt to repeat this achievement in the development projects in the Global South and at the international level for the United Nations.

The ECONOMICS OF RESTRUCTURING AND INTERVENTION (Hardcover): Jonathan Michie The ECONOMICS OF RESTRUCTURING AND INTERVENTION (Hardcover)
Jonathan Michie
R2,990 Discovery Miles 29 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Economics of Restructuring and Intervention carries forward the work of Marx, Kalecki, Keynes and Kaldor in analysing questions of growth, distribution and government intervention. It will be essential reading for all those wishing to understand the massive economic and political shifts as we enter the 1990s - the globalization of markets and production, continued growth of the Third World and East European debt, the emerging digital economy. Political debates thrown up by these economic, industrial and technological developments are subject to rigorous scrutiny and critique - from the employment effects of wage cuts to the calls for 'supply side socialism'.

The SUPPLY SIDE REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Patrick Minford The SUPPLY SIDE REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Patrick Minford
R3,293 Discovery Miles 32 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Patrick Minford has been a close adviser to Mrs Thatcher during the last decade. He has made an important contribution to the ideas of Thatcherism and Britain's monetarist/supply side programme in the 1980s.This book brings together, for the first time, essays written as a contribution to the supply side revolution in Britain. Some focus on monetary and fiscal policy, while others deal with the principles and mechanisms for supply side reform. Taken together, they represent an invaluable source book and reference point on the political philosophy and economic strategy of the Thatcher era. The essays were all written for a wide audience and will be essential reading for both economists and non-economists alike.

STUDIES IN FISCAL FEDERALISM (Hardcover): Wallace E. Oates STUDIES IN FISCAL FEDERALISM (Hardcover)
Wallace E. Oates
R4,346 Discovery Miles 43 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Economic theorists and finance practitioners alike turn to the seminal work of Wallace E. Oates for a systematic statement of the economic principles of fiscal federalism. In this book, Professor Oates provides an overview of fiscal federalism and analyses specific problems in a selection of his most important articles and papers. This collection includes many pieces which are not readily accessible.The papers in this volume constitute a basic reference for current discussion of the evolution both of national fiscal systems and of the fiscal structure of the European Community and other supranational organizations. The range of approaches and quality of argument will ensure that the book becomes a central reference point for the continued discussion of this important topic.

Thomas Tooke - Pioneer of Monetary Theory (Hardcover): Arie Arnon Thomas Tooke - Pioneer of Monetary Theory (Hardcover)
Arie Arnon
R2,986 Discovery Miles 29 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first full length study of Thomas Tooke, a leading monetary economist of the 19th century, a pioneer of quantitative monetary history and the greatest opponent of the quantity theory of money in the history of economic thought.

Keynes's Third Alternative - The Neo-Ricardian Keynesians and the Post Keynesians (Hardcover): Amitava K. Dutt, Edward J.... Keynes's Third Alternative - The Neo-Ricardian Keynesians and the Post Keynesians (Hardcover)
Amitava K. Dutt, Edward J. Amadeo
R2,924 Discovery Miles 29 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This important new book - the first of its kind - provides a detailed analysis and critical appraisal of the neo-Ricardian Keynesians and the post Keynesians. After placing them in the context of modern schools of macroeconomics, it discusses their contributions including the neo-Ricardian synthesis of Sraffa's ideas on the heterogeneity of capital goods and Keynes's ideas on effective demand, and the post Keyensian analysis of the role of historical time, money and uncertainty in Keynes's work. In conclusion, it suggests a synthesis of their views which could be seen as a starting point for an important challenge to mainstream economics.

Macroeconomics after Kalecki and Keynes - Post-Keynesian Foundations (Hardcover): Eckhard Hein Macroeconomics after Kalecki and Keynes - Post-Keynesian Foundations (Hardcover)
Eckhard Hein
R3,370 R3,017 Discovery Miles 30 170 Save R353 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Presenting an in-depth overview of the foundations and developments of post-Keynesian macroeconomics since Kalecki and Keynes, this timely book develops a comprehensive post-Keynesian macroeconomic model with the respective macroeconomic policy mix for achieving non-inflationary full employment. The different versions of the model for closed and open economies are concerned with the key areas of macroeconomics, such as full employment, constant inflation and external balance. Eckhard Hein expertly illustrates how to embed these post-Keynesian macroeconomics and macroeconomic policies into the post-Keynesian research programme more generally, whilst also providing a review of its methods and historical roots. Furthermore, the book links post-Keynesian short-run macroeconomics to long-run distribution and growth theories. Finally, it applies these theoretical approaches to the current research on macroeconomic regimes and regime changes within finance-dominated capitalism and on the macroeconomic challenges of the ecological crisis and of the required socio-ecological transformation. This book will be a crucial read for academics and graduate students interested in post-Keynesian macroeconomics. Providing a thought-provoking alternative to orthodox economic policies, this will also be of interest to policy advisers and politicians.

Recent Developments in Economics and Religion (Hardcover): Paul Oslington, Paul S. Williams, Mary Hirschfeld Recent Developments in Economics and Religion (Hardcover)
Paul Oslington, Paul S. Williams, Mary Hirschfeld
R12,472 Discovery Miles 124 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The interdisciplinary field of economics and religion has come a long way since 2003 when Edward Elgar published the pioneering volume Economics and Religion. The influence of religious ideas on the birth of economics as a discipline and its rise to cultural dominance is now widely recognized. The largely Protestant discussion has been enriched by Roman Catholic contributions stimulated by recent Papal Encyclicals. The economics of religion has now matured into a respectable subfield of economics and articles on religion regularly appear in top economics journals. This original and insightful research review places the most recent contributions in context and will be an invaluable resource for scholars and academics alike.

New Directions in Post-Keynesian Economics (Hardcover): John Pheby New Directions in Post-Keynesian Economics (Hardcover)
John Pheby
R3,428 Discovery Miles 34 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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