from power and greed to compassion and the common good /
First Statement of Responsibility
Philip B. Smith & Manfred Max-Neef.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Totnes, Devon, UK :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Green Books,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
200 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-195) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction: the case for a new economics -- From knowledge to understanding -- The function of economics in society -- Keynesianism: its rise and fall -- Honesty and value premises -- Imitation of the exact sciences: reductionism, mathematical models and Pareto -- Economic growth -- Globalization -- Compassion -- The world on a collision course and the need for a new economics -- A humane economics for the twenty-first century -- The United States: an underdeveloping nation -- A non-toxic teaching of economics -- Implementation: from the village to a global order.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The economic system under which we live not only forces the great majority of humankind to live their lives in indignity and poverty; it also threatens all forms of life - indeed life itself. Economics Unmasked presents a cogent critique of the dominant economic system in order to help transform our society into one in which all forms of life will be protected. The first part of this book is devoted to showing that the theoretical constructions that have been selected, work mainly to bring about injustice. The second part is concerned with what should be the foundations of a new economics where justice, human dignity, compassion and reverence for life must be the guiding values. -- Book Jacket.