From: Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM
Date: Wed Feb 02 2005 - 07:21:54 EST
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Wolff" <RDWolff@worldnet.att.net> A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics edited by Edward Fullbrook. contributors: Emmanuelle Bénicourt, Michael A. Bernstein, Ana Maria Binachi, Ha-Joon, Chang, Robert Costanza, Herman E. Daly, James G. Devine, Peter Earl, Susan Feiner, Edward Fullbrook, Jean Gadrey, Donald Gillies, Bernard Guerrien, Ozgur Gun, Joseph Halevi, Geoffrey Hodgson, Grazia Ietto-Gillies, Steve Keen, Tony Lawson, Anne Mayhew, Paul Ormerod, Renato Di Ruzza, Sashi Sivramkrishna, Peter Söderbaum, Hugh Stretton, Charles L Wilber, Richard Wolff, Stephen T. Ziliak.London: Anthem Press, November 2004, paperback, 323 pages. available at: amazon.com, amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.co.jp, amazon.ca, barnes&noble.comwholesale: USA: StylusInfo@StylusPub.com; Australia: service@dadirect.com.au; Rest of World: nfo@centralbooks.com Contents Introduction: Broadband versus narrowband economics Edward Fullbrook University of the West of England, UK Part I Basic Problems The quarrelsome boundaries of economics Hugh Stretton University of Adelaide, Australia Modern economics: the problem and a solution Tony Lawson Cambridge University, UK The pitfalls of mainstream economic reasoning (and teaching) Michael A. Bernstein University of California, San Diego, USA Neoclassical economic theory: a special and not a general case Paul Ormerod Volterra Consulting, UK Where do economies come from? The missing story Anne Mayhew University of Tennessess, USA Can economics start from the individual alone? Geoffrey M. Hodgson University of Hertfordshire, UK Part II Micro Nonsense Are you rational? Edward Fullbrook University of the West of England, UK Five pieces of advice for students studying microeconomics Emmanuelle Benicourt École des Hautes Études des Sience Sociales, France How mainstream economists model choice, versus how we behave, and why it matters Peter E. Earl University of Queensland, Australia Managerial economics: economics of management or economics for managers? Sashi Sivramkrishna Foundation to Aid Industrial Recovery, India Part III Macro Nonsense Why do we have separate courses in "micro" and "macro" economics? Ozgur Gun Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, France The "natural" rate of unemployment James G. Devine Loyola Marymount University, USA How to look at economics critically: some suggestions Renato Di Ruzza Université de Aix-Marseille, France Joseph Halevi University of Sydney, Australia and Université Pierre Mendčs France, France Part IV Ethical Voids and Social Pathologies Teaching economics as if ethics mattered Charles K. Wilber University of Notre Dame, USA Economics as ideology and the need for pluralism Peter Söderbaum Mälardalen University, Sweden The "efficiency" illusion Richard Wolff University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA "There are none so blind . . . Susan F. Feiner University of Southern Maine, USA Part V Misuse of Mathematics and Statistics Can mathematics be used successfully in economics? Donald Gillies King's College London, UK Is there something to expect from game theory? Bernard Guerrien Université Paris I, France Improbable, Incorrect or Impossible: The persuasive but flawed mathematics of microeconomics Steve Keen University of Western Sydney, Australia The significance of the economics research paper Stephen T. Ziliak Roosevelt University, USA Part VI Category Mistakes Regarding Wealth and Illth Changing visions of humans' place in the world and the need for an Ecological Economics Robert Costanza The University of Vermont, USA Ecological Economics: The concept of scale and its relation to allocation, distribution, and uneconomic growth Herman E. Daly University of Maryland, USA What's wrong with GDP and growth? The need for alternative indicators Jean Gadrey Université Lille, France Part VII Globalist Distortions What is Wrong with the "Official History of Capitalism"? - with special reference to the debates on globalisation and economic development Ha-Joon Chang Cambridge University, UK Should the study of transnational companies be part of the economics syllabus? Grazia Ietto-Gillies London South Bank University, UK Would a Latin American Economics Make Sense? Ana Maria Bianchi University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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