The Econocracy

The Perils of Leaving Economics to the Experts

Joe Earle, Cahal Moran, Zach Ward-Perkins (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2016
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-1013-8 (ISBN)

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A particular, narrow way of thinking about the economy is dominant in society today. This book explores how this came to be, why the system cannot continue and how to build a better future. -- .

One hundred years ago the idea of 'the economy' didn't exist. Now, improving the economy has come to be seen as perhaps the most important task facing modern societies. Politics and policymaking are conducted in the language of economics and economic logic shapes how political issues are thought about and addressed. The result is that the majority of citizens, who cannot speak this language, are locked out of politics while political decisions are increasingly devolved to experts. The econocracy explains how economics came to be seen this way - and the damaging consequences. It opens up the discipline and demonstrates its inner workings to the wider public so that the task of reclaiming democracy can begin. -- .

Joe Earle, Cahal Moran and Zach Ward-Perkins are founding members of the Post-Crash Economics Society at the University of Manchester -- .

Introduction
1. Econocracy
2. Economics as indoctrination
3. Beyond neoclassical economics
4. The struggle for the soul of economics
5. Rediscovering liberal education
6. Economics is for everyone
Index -- .

Erscheinungsdatum	19.11.2016
Reihe/Serie	Manchester Capitalism
Zusatzinfo	7 graphs, 3 tables
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	1-5261-1013-X / 152611013X
ISBN-13	978-1-5261-1013-8 / 9781526110138
Zustand	Neuware