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The Delusions of Economics

Paperback • 2011 • English

The Delusions of Economics

By Gilbert Rist

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About the book

In The Delusions of Economics, Gilbert Rist presents a radical critique of neoclassical economics from a social and historical perspective. Rather than enter into existing debates between different orthodoxies, Rist instead explores the circumstances that prevailed when economics was 'invented', and the resultant biases that helped forge the construction of economics as a 'science'. In doing so, Rist demonstrates how these various presuppositions are either obsolete or just plain wrong, and that...Show more

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9781848139220

Publisher

Zed Books Ltd

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

The Delusions of Economics

Format

Paperback

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