1st Edition
Economics for the Common Good Two Centuries of Economic Thought in the Humanist Tradition
By Mark A Lutz
Copyright 1999
320 Pages
by
Routledge
This textbook presents an introduction to the central issues of social economics. Building on a venerable social economics tradition, the book recommends a more rational economic order and proposes new principles of economic policy. The issues covered include: * the inadequacy of individualistic economics in guiding the policy maker * a critique of economic rationality * rethinking of the... Read more
Preface Source Acknowledgments 1 Introducing social economics 2 The grandfather of social economics: J.C.L. Simonde de Sismondi 3 The germination of social economics on British soil 4 In Sismondi’s spirit: John A. Hobson 5 Ethics, science and economic welfare 6 Tracking the common good 7 How reasonable is economic rationality? 8 Rethinking the corporation 9 Whither the market and globalization? 10 The ultimate challenge 11 Social economics as an alternative.
Biography
Mark A.Lutz is Professor of Economics at the University of Maine.
