Critical political economy complexity, rationality, and the logic of post-orthodox pluralism

This 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. Arnsperge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Arnsperger, Christian, 1966- (-)
Otros Autores: Colander, David C., 1947-
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; and New York : Routledge 2008
Edición:1st publ
Colección:Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 97
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Uncritical atoms: the limits of standard economics
  • Uncritical mass: the limits of complexity economics
  • The use of uncritical knowledge in society
  • The use of critical knowledge about society
  • Bottom-up critical theory: what does economics describe?
  • A self-criticizing economic system
  • A formal approach to critically rational action
  • The use of economics in a complex economy
  • Free-economy economics
  • Post-orthodox pluralism in economics.