Title: Against economics : rethinking political economy /
Authors: Rajani Kannepalli Kanth.
Publisher: Ashgate Pub.,
Year: 1997
Subjects: Economics; Economic policy; Economics History
Contents: Introduction: Against Economics -- pt. I. Economics and Epistemology: Marxism, Realism and Beyond. 1. Critical Realism: The Nouvelle Critique. 2. Against Eurocentrism: Prolegomena to Liberation -- pt. II. 'Development' Studies: Retrospect and Prospect. 3. Theory and Policy in 'Development' Studies: An Overview of the Mythology of 'Progress' -- pt. III. Arguments in Political Economy: Old and New. 4. Economic Theory and Arms Expenditures: A Resume of Issues. 5. Sraffa, and All That: A Retrospective on Some Foibles of the Cambridge School. 6. Why England Led the Way: Clues to a Critique to Eurocentrism -- pt. IV. Classical Economics: Myth and Reality. 7. The Ricardian Rigmarole: From Policy to Paradigm. 8. The Parson and the Plutocrat: Toward Restitution -- pt. V. Revolutions in Economic Theory: The Parameters of Paradigm Shift. 9. The Eclipse of Ricardian Ideas: A Primer on Paradigm Shift in Economics -- pt. VI. Otiose Controversies in Marxism: Against Orthodoxy.