Why Economists Disagree: An Introduction to the Alternative Schools of Thought (Suny Series, Diversity in Contemporary Economics)

ISBN 10: 0791435709 / ISBN 13: 9780791435700

Published by State University of New York Pre, 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Economists Disagree: An Introduction to the Alternative Schools of Thought (Suny Series, Diversity in Contemporary Economics)
• Publisher: State University of New York Pre
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791435709
• ISBN 13: 9780791435700
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Provides a convenient introduction to heterodox alternatives to neoclassical economics.

Economists disagree. They disagree over policy, prediction, and matters of pure theory. They even disagree over why they disagree. Why Economists Disagree demonstrates that the "crisis" of contemporary economics may actually be a sign of healthy disagreement and fresh thinking over the nature and scope of economic theory and policy.

Since the 1980s, several dissenting schools of thought have emerged that offer serious methodological and theoretical challenges to mainstream economics. Why Economists Disagree provides a convenient introduction to Austrian, Post Keynesian, Institutionalist, Feminist, Marxist, and other heterodox alternatives to neoclassical economics. Written by eminent economists within each tradition, the book's chapters convey both the main characteristics, the controversies, and disagreement within each school of thought.

Contributors include Jack Amariglio, Paul Davidson, William M. Dugger, Alfred S. Eichner, Roger W. Garrison, Albert O. Hirschman, Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Israel M. Kirzner, Arjo Klamer, J.A. Kregel, Ludwig M. Lachmann, Tony Lawson, Deirdre McCloskey, David F. Ruccio, Warren J. Samuels, Howard J. Sherman, William R. Waters, Thomas E. Weisskopf, and Frances R. Woolley.

About the Author

David L. Prychitko is Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Northern Michigan University. He is the author of Marxism and Workers' Self-Management: The Essential Tension. In addition, he edited Individuals, Institutions, Interpretations: Hermeneutics Applied to Economics; Producer Cooperatives and Labor-Managed Systems Vol. I: Theory and Vol. II: Case Studies (both with Jaroslav Vanek); and The Market Process: Essays in Contemporary Austrian Economics (with Peter J. Boettke).