Critical Political Economy: Complexity, Rationality, and the Logic of Post-Orthodox PluralismThis book asks how a more liberating economics could be constructed and taught. It suggests that if economists today are serious about emancipation and empowerment, they will have to radically change their conception about what it means for a citizen to act rationally in a complex society.Arnsperger emphasises that current economics neglects an imp |
Contents
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the limits of complexity economics 56 | |
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what does economics describe? 139 | |
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Freeeconomy economics 256 | |
Notes 293 | |
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