Introduction to Political Economy, 6th edition

Charles Sackrey; Geoffrey Schneider; Janet Knoedler

ISBN 10: 1878585932 / ISBN 13: 9781878585936

Published by Dollars & Sense, U.S.A., 2010

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This is the best introduction to the ideas of Veblen, Marx, Smith, Keynes and heterodox thinking in general available today. I use it as a required text in a first year college course which introduces students to Institionalism, Marxism and neoclassical economics. The book starts with an excellent summary of heterodox thinking and the problems which heterodox economists identify in the mainstream. The chapters on specific authors are exactly what is needed to show students the diverse analyses of the capitalist system that exist within the discipline. They are very wide-ranging but so clear and comprehensible that students get a deep understanding of the differences between schools of thought. I highly recommend this book for courses on economic perspectives and history of thought, as well as for mainstream courses in both micro and macro.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Political Economy, 6th edition
• Publisher: Dollars & Sense, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1878585932
• ISBN 13: 9781878585936
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Few economics programs today offer students the opportunity to study the history of economic thought or the philosophical foundations of diverse schools of economics. Introduction to Political Economy reintroduces these ideas into the curriculum by presenting the work of the most influential economists of modern timesâ Marx, Veblen, Keynes, Galbraith, and Adam Smith. Introduction to Political Economy covers these thinkers’ central ideas, including their writings on social class, the role of government in taming capitalist economies, and the misleading assumptions about human behavior in mainstream models. It concludes by presenting classic critiques of monopoly capitalism and examining the Swedish “middle way” between capitalism and socialism and, in a new chapter, discusses the history and importance of the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation in Spain’s Basque countryâ the world’s largest cooperative enterprise. In the thoroughly updated 6th edition, the authors demonstrate the continuing relevance of these theories to the global financial crisis and other current events.