Economics: An Introduction to Traditional and Progressive Views

Produktbeschreibung

Introduces students to both traditional economic views and their progressive critique. This book offers a discussion of economic history and the history of economic thought, including the ideas of Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen, and John Maynard Keynes. It also includes pedagogical tools to encourage student participation and learning. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Robert Pollin, Preface, Acknowledgments, PART I. ECONOMICS OF
HISTORY AND HISTORY OF ECONOMICS, Section 1. The Long Road to Capitalism, 1.
Prehistoric Communal Institutions in the Middle East, 2. Communal Equality to
Slavery in the Middle East, 3. Slavery to Feudalism in Western Europe, 4.
Feudalism and Paternalism in England, 5. Feudalism to Capitalism in England, 6.
Mercantilism in England, 7. Pre-Capitalism to Industrial Capitalism in the
United States, 1776-1865, Section 2. Capitalism, Its Defenders, and Its Critics,
8. Classical Liberalism: Defense of Industrial Capitalism, 9. Socialist Protest
Against Industrial Capitalism, 10. Marx: Critique and Alternative to Capitalism,
11. Rise of Corporate Capitalism in the United States, 1865-1900, 12.
Neoclassical Economics: Defense of Corporate Capitalism, 13. Veblen: Critique of
Corporate Capitalism, 14. Growth and Depression in the United States, 1900-1940,
15. Keynesian Economics and the Great Depression, 16. The United States and
Global Capitalism, 1940-2006, PART II. MICROECONOMICS: PRICES, PROFITS, AND
POVERTY, Section 1. Introduction, 17. Robinson Crusoe: Two Perspectives on
Microeconomics, Section 2. Elements of Progressive Microeconomics, 18. The Two
Americas: Inequality, Class, and Conflict, 19. Inequality, Exploitation, and
Economic Institutions, 20. Prices, Profits, and Exploitation, 21. Market Power
and Global Corporations, Section 3. Applications of Progressive Microeconomics,
22. Economics of Racial and Gender Discrimination, 23. Environmental
Devastation, 24. Government and Inequality, 25. Economic Democracy, Section 4.
Elements of Neoclassical Economics, 26. Scarcity and Choice: Neoclassical View,
27. Simple Analytics of Supply and Demand, 28. Consumption Theory: Demand, 29.
Production Theory: Supply, 30. Costs of Production, 31. Work and Wages:
Neoclassical View of Income Distribution, Section 5. Neoclassical Approach to
Market Structure and Market Failure, 32. Prices and Profits in Perfect
Competition, 33. Monopoly Power, Prices, and Profits, 34. Monopolistic
Competition and Oligopoly, 35. Market Failures: Public Goods, Market Power, and
Externalities, PART III. MACROECONOMICS: GROWTH AND STABILITY, Section 1.
Aggregate Supply and Demand, 36. History of Business Cycles and Human Misery,
37. National Income Accounting: How to Map the Circulation of Money and Goods,
38. Money and Profit: Say's Law and Institutionalist Criticism, 39. Neoclassical
View of Aggregate Supply and Demand, 40. Keynesian View of Aggregate Supply and
Demand, Section 2. Understanding Instability, 41. How to Measure Instability,
42. Consumer Spending and Labor Income, 43. Investment Spending and Profit, 44.
The Multiplier, 45. Business Cycles and Unemployment, 46. Growth and Waste,
Section 3. Government Fiscal Policy, 47. Fiscal Policy, 48. Government Spending
and Taxes, Section 4. Money and Monetary Policy, 49. Money, Banking, and Credit,
50. Inflation, 51. Monetary Policy, PART IV. INTERNATIONAL AND GLOBAL POLICY,
52. Exports and Imports, 53. International Trade, Investment, and Finance: How
Instability Spreads Around the World, 54. Debate on Globalization, 55. Debate on
Free Trade, 56. Development, Glossary, References, Index 

Autoreninfo

Sherman, Howard J; Hunt, E. K.; Nesiba, Reynold F.; O'Hara, Phillip; Wiens-Tuers, Barbara A.