This text presents a ground-breaking pluralistic introduction to economics. Incorporating the best ideas of each major heterodox school of thought, this book presents a comprehensive introduction to the history of economic thought, macroeconomics and microeconomics.
This text presents a ground-breaking pluralistic introduction to economics. Incorporating the best ideas of each major heterodox school of thought, this book presents a comprehensive introduction to the history of economic thought, macroeconomics and microeconomics.
Geoffrey Schneider is Presidential Professor of Economics at Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He is an award-winning teacher, author or co-author of six books and numerous scholarly articles, and executive director of the International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics.
Inhaltsangabe
PART I: Economics: A Pluralist Definition 1. What is economics? 2. Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost PART II: The evolution of economic ideas and systems 3. The evolution of pre-capitalist economic systems 4. Adam Smith and the rise of capitalism 5. Karl Marx and the dark ages of capitalism 6. Thorstein Veblen and monopoly capitalism 7. Keynes and mixed market capitalism 8. Modern economic systems PART III: Markets, Supply and Demand 9. Markets and how they work 10. Applications of supply and demand 11. Consumers and supplier behavior PART IV: Market structures and corporations 12. Different types of market structures 13. Short-run and long-run costs of production 14. Perfect competition and competitive markets 15. Monopoly and monopoly power 16. Monopolistic competition 17. Oligopoly and strategic behavior 18. Corporations and their role in society Part V: Government intervention in microeconomic markets 19. Market failure and government failure 20. Economics of the environment and climate change 21. Public goods and services Part VI: Labor markets and inequality 22. Working for a living: the labor market 23. Inequality, a key modern issue Part VII Macroeconomic issues and problems 24. Modern macroeconomics 25. Macroeconomic wellbeing 26. Unemployment and price instability Part VIII Macroeconomic models 27. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply 28. The Keynesian aggregate expenditure-income model Part IX: Stabilization policy 29. Fiscal policy, debt and deficits 30. Money, banking and the financial sector 31. Monetary policy 32. Crises, financial and otherwise Part X. Growth and global interconnectedness 33. The sources of economic growth 34. International trade and integration 35. International finance and open economy macroeconomics
PART I: Economics: A Pluralist Definition 1. What is economics? 2. Scarcity, choice and opportunity cost PART II: The evolution of economic ideas and systems 3. The evolution of pre-capitalist economic systems 4. Adam Smith and the rise of capitalism 5. Karl Marx and the dark ages of capitalism 6. Thorstein Veblen and monopoly capitalism 7. Keynes and mixed market capitalism 8. Modern economic systems PART III: Markets, Supply and Demand 9. Markets and how they work 10. Applications of supply and demand 11. Consumers and supplier behavior PART IV: Market structures and corporations 12. Different types of market structures 13. Short-run and long-run costs of production 14. Perfect competition and competitive markets 15. Monopoly and monopoly power 16. Monopolistic competition 17. Oligopoly and strategic behavior 18. Corporations and their role in society Part V: Government intervention in microeconomic markets 19. Market failure and government failure 20. Economics of the environment and climate change 21. Public goods and services Part VI: Labor markets and inequality 22. Working for a living: the labor market 23. Inequality, a key modern issue Part VII Macroeconomic issues and problems 24. Modern macroeconomics 25. Macroeconomic wellbeing 26. Unemployment and price instability Part VIII Macroeconomic models 27. Aggregate demand and aggregate supply 28. The Keynesian aggregate expenditure-income model Part IX: Stabilization policy 29. Fiscal policy, debt and deficits 30. Money, banking and the financial sector 31. Monetary policy 32. Crises, financial and otherwise Part X. Growth and global interconnectedness 33. The sources of economic growth 34. International trade and integration 35. International finance and open economy macroeconomics
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