The Betrayal of Liberal Economics Volume I: How Economics Betrayed Us /

• Main Author: Witztum, Amos (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Economic theory.; Economic history.; Political philosophy.; Sociology.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; History of Economic Thought/Methodology.; Political Philosophy.; Sociology, general.; Economic History.

The presumed sovereignty of individuals and the facilitating powers of the markets have generated a universal and ethically neutral conception of both social and economic organisation. This ground-breaking text re-examines the purpose of society and the role of economics in it, arguing that the abse...

Table of Contents:

• 1. An Illusion of Order
• 2. The Power of Beliefs: The Organisational Principles of Economics' Paradigmatic Core
• 3. A Sense of Irrelevance
• 4. On Freedom and Justice: A Note Pertaining to Economics' Liberal Connection
• 5. On Human Sociality I
• 6. Human Sociality II: Intrinsic Sociality, Self-interest and Social Organisation
• 7.The Conception of the Individual in Modern Economic Analysis
• 8.The Classical Alternative.