Power and Neoclassical Economics

A Return to Political Economy in the Teaching of Economics

A. Ozanne (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

101 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Pivot (Verlag)
978-1-349-71653-1 (ISBN)

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Mainstream economics almost completely ignores the role power plays in determining economic outcomes, which means it can only provide partial explanations of the distribution of wealth and income, and of the problems associated with inequality and poverty. For many, this is a fundamental failing that severely limits its relevance to the real world and is the source of much dissatisfaction with, and cynicism about, economics and economists. Ozanne explains how this neglect of power has come about over the past 150 years and why it is important. He reviews various definitions and theories of power from across the social sciences and proposes a new approach that could bring considerations of power back into standard economic theory and economics teaching. The approach is simple and intuitive, involving little more than re-envisioning the social welfare function as a 'political economy function'. However, if adopted in economics teaching, it could radically change the way young economists are taught to think about economic problems and lead to a 'return to political economy'.

Adam Ozanne has degrees in physics and astronomy, rural development, and agricultural economics. He also began a DPhil in nuclear astrophysics but abandoned it and went instead to teach maths and physics in Pakistan and work for a Third World development agency. He is now a Senior Lecturer teaching economics at the University of Manchester, UK.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.08.2016
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 101 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	1515 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
Schlagworte	economic principles • Economics • Economic Theory • Game Theory • Heterodox economics • Inequality • Microeconomics • Microeconomic Theory • Political Economy • Poverty • Power • Public Choice • Social Choice • Social Welfare • welfare • Welfare Economics
ISBN-10	1-349-71653-7 / 1349716537
ISBN-13	978-1-349-71653-1 / 9781349716531
Zustand	Neuware