1st Edition

Lament for Economics

By Barbara Wooton Copyright 2003
324 Pages
by Routledge

324 Pages
by Routledge

328 Pages
by Routledge

Does economics actually help us to understand and solve real world problems? Examining and analysing the role of economics and economic theory in the social and political life of the early twentieth century, many of the arguments contained in this book are as relevant and controversial today as when they were first published. Chapters include: 1. The Relation of Economic Theory to the Actual... Read more
Chapter 1 The Indictment; Chapter 2 The Relation of Economic Theory to the Actual Economic World; Chapter 3 The Nature and Insignificance of Economic Science; Chapter 4 Economics as Apologetics?; Chapter 5 Economic Individualism, Old and New Style; Chapter 6 Towards A New Foundation;

Biography

Barbara Wootton