The Reformation in Economics A Deconstruction and Reconstruction of Economic Theory /

• Main Author: Pilkington, Philip (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Schools of economics.; Economic theory.; Economics.; Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods.; Heterodox Economics.; Curriculum Studies.

This book carves the beginnings of a new path in the arguably weary discipline of economics. It combines a variety of perspectives – from the history of ideas to epistemology – in order to try to understand what has gone so wrong with economics and articulate a coherent way forward. This is undertak...

Table of Contents:

• Section I: Ideology and Methodology
• 1. Economics: Ideology or Rationalistic Inquiry?
• 2. The Limiting Principle: A Short History of Ideology in 20th Century Economics
• 3. Deconstructing Marginalist Microeconomics
• 4. Methodology, Modelling and Bias in Economics
• Section II: Stripped-Down Macroeconomics
• 5. Differing Conceptions of Equilibrium in Economics
• 6. Theories of Money and Prices
• 7. Profits, Prices, Distribution and Demand
• 8. Finance and Investment
• Section III: Approaching the Real-World
• 9. Uncertainty and Probability in Economic Theory
• 10. Non-Dogmatic Approaches to the Economics of Trade
• Conclusion and Appendices
• 11. Conclusion
• 12. Philosophical and Psychological Appendices.