Macroeconomics Anti-Textbook (eBook)

A Critical Thinker s Guide

Tony Myatt (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
408 Seiten
Bloomsbury Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-350-32373-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Mainstream textbooks present economics as an objective science, free from value judgements. This book demonstrates this to be a myth one which serves to make such textbooks not only off-puttingly bland, but also dangerously misleading in their justification of the status quo and neglect of alternatives.In this much-needed companion volume to the popular Microeconomics Anti-Textbook, Tony Myatt reveals how the blind spots and methodological problems present in microeconomics continue to exert their influence in mainstream macroeconomics. From a flawed conception of the labour market, to a Pollyana view of the financial sector, macroeconomic principles as they are set out in conventional undergraduate textbooks consistently fail to set out a realistic, useful, or equitable framework for understanding the world.By summarising and then critically evaluating the major topics found in a typical macroeconomics textbook, the Anti-Textbook lays bare their sins of omission and commission, showing where hidden value judgements are made and when contrary evidence and alternative theories are ignored. The Macroeconomics Anti-Textbook is the student's essential guide to decoding mainstream macroeconomic textbooks, and demonstrating how real-world economics are much more interesting than most economists are willing to let on.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.10.2022
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
• ISBN-10: 1-350-32373-X / 135032373X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-350-32373-5 / 9781350323735