Introducing a new economics : pluralist, sustainable and progressive /
Jack Reardon, Maria Alejandra Madi and Molly Scott Cato
- London : Pluto Press, 2018
- xx, 364 pages ; 23 cm
Introducing economics with a judicious mix of pluralism, sustainability and justice -- Knowledge and the construction of economic models -- Sustainability, resources and the environment -- Power and the distribution of resources -- Inequality, poverty and disempowerment -- Livelihoods and work -- Unemployment and employment -- Money -- Economic value -- Firms, industries and markets -- Economic democracy -- Economic governance -- Consumption, investment and savings -- Recessions and financial crises -- Justice, political economy, global development and governance -- Trade, exchange rates and the balance of payments -- Contemporary global economic and financial trends -- Which way forward?