Econocracy - The Perils of Leaving Economics to the Experts

Informationen zum Autor Joe Earle, Cahal Moran and Zach Ward-Perkins are founding members of the Post-Crash Economics Society at the University of Manchester Klappentext One hundred years ago the idea of 'the economy' didn't exist. Now, improving the economy has come to be seen as perhaps the most important task facing modern societies. Politics and policymaking are conducted in the language of economics and economic logic shapes how political issues are thought about and addressed. The result is that the majority of citizens, who cannot speak this language, are locked out of politics while political decisions are increasingly devolved to experts. The econocracy explains how economics came to be seen this way - and the damaging consequences. It opens up the discipline and demonstrates its inner workings to the wider public so that the task of reclaiming democracy can begin. Zusammenfassung A particular! narrow way of thinking about the economy is dominant in society today. This book explores how this came to be! why the system cannot continue and how to build a better future. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. Econocracy2. Economics as indoctrination3. Beyond neoclassical economics4. The struggle for the soul of economics5. Rediscovering liberal education6. Economics is for everyoneIndex

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Joe Earle, Joe Moran Earle, Earle Joe, Cahal Moran, Moran Cahal, Zach Ward-Perkins, Ward-Perkins Zach
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781526110138
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-1013-8
• Seiten: 232
• Serie: Manchester Capitalism
• Themen: Ratgeber > Recht, Beruf, Finanzen; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Volkswirtschaft; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Popular economics, Political Economy, Economic theory and philosophy