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What's Wrong with Economics? A Primer for the Perplexed

Paperback • 2021 • English

What's Wrong with Economics? A Primer for the Perplexed

By Robert Skidelsky

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About the book

A passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thinkers of our time This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics' quest for scientific certainty has led to a narrowing of vision and a convergence on an orthodoxy that is unhealthy for the field, not to mention the societies which base policy decisions on the advice of flawed economic models. Noted economic thinker Robert Skidelsky explains the circumstances that have brought about this cons...Show more

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ISBN

9780300257496

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

What's Wrong with Economics? A Primer for the Perplexed

Format

Paperback

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