Prelude to Political Economy: A Study of the Social and Political Foundations of Economics - Hardcover

Basu, Kaushik

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198296711 ISBN 13: 9780198296713

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

It is essential to view economics as embedded in politics and society. Prelude to Political Economy is a study of this embeddedness; it argues for an inclusive approach to institutions and the state.

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About the Author

Professor of Economics and holds the C. Marks Chair at the Department of Economics, Cornell University. He has previously been Distinguished Visitor, London School of Economics (1993), Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics, Princeton University (1989-91), Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1985-86) and Professor, Delhi School of Economics (1985-94). He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a recipient of the Mahalanobis Memorial Award for contributions to economics. In 1981-2 he was CORE fellow at CORE, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. He has published extensively in the areas of development economics, game theory, social choice and welfare and industrial organization theory.

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Review

`In sum we have a curious book. The intelligence and clarity of the author can never be faulted. Ideas are at the forefront, not technique. The book is often highly original, but the first half is strictly derivative. Nonetheless there are nw ideas of value, most of all about the state. I
would have been happier had the author started at the truly new, focused on that, developed it, and thrown out the rest. That disappointment, however, is outweighed by the rare pleasure of receiving something conceptual and substantive, rather than receiving nothing.'
Tyler Cowen, Economics and Philosophy, 2002

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0198296711
• ISBN 13: 9780198296713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 306