Reconstructing Urban Economics
Subtitle: Towards a Political Economy of the Built Environment
Publisher: Zed Books
Published: Aug 15, 2016
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781783606597
Description: "Neoclassical economics, the intellectual bedrock of modern capitalism, faces growing criticisms, as many of its key assumptions and policy prescriptions are systematically challenged. Yet, there remains one field of economics where these limitations continue virtually unchallenged: the study of cities and regions in built-environment economics. In this book, Franklin Obeng-Odoom draws on institutional, Georgist, and Marxist economics to clearly but comprehensively show what the key issues are today in thinking about urban economics. In doing so, he demonstrates the widespread tensions and contradictions in the status quo, demonstrating how to reconstruct urban economics in order to create a more just society and environment."--Back cover.
Notes: Source title: Reconstructing Urban Economics: Towards a Political Economy of the Built Environment