Heinrich Bortis, Bortis Heinrich

Institutions, Behaviour and Economic Theory

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about the conceptual foundations of an intermediate way between liberalism and socialism: a synthesis of classical (Ricardian) and Keynesian political economy. Classical theory deals with proportions between individuals or collectives and society in tackling problems of distribution and value. Keynesian theory is concerned with the scale of economic activity as explained by effective demand. The economy considered is primarily a monetary production economy, not a market or a planned economy. The author sets up a system linking political economy with other social sciences, i.e. sociology, law, and politics in the traditional sense, thus establishing the unity of the social sciences. To complete the picture, issues of method associated with the theory of knowledge in the social sciences and the problem of linking theory with historical reality are also covered.

Table of contents:
1. iNTRODUCTION; 2. sOME CONCEPTS AND ISSUES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; 3. SOME BASIC ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY; 4. TOWARDS A COHERENT SYSTEM OF POLITICAL ECONOMY; Money; 5. CLASSICAL-KEYNESIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY AND NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS; 6. AN ALTERNATIVE THEORY OF ECONOMIC POLICY; 7. POLITICAL ECONOMY IN A WIDER CONTEXT.

In this book a synthesis of classical and Keynesian economic theory is put forward as the solution to serious problems of capitalism and centrally planned socialism. The author sets up a system linking political economy with other social sciences, thus establishing unity in the social sciences.

Synthesis of classical and Keynesian economics as an alternative to socialism and capitalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 901g
• ISBN-13: 9780521570558
• ISBN-10: 0521570557
• Artikelnr.: 21819285

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary of symbols
1. iNTRODUCTION
2. sOME basic CONCEPTS AND ISSUES IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
3. SOME BASIC ISSUES IN POLITICAL ECONOMY
4. TOWARDS A COHERENT SYSTEM OF POLITICAL ECONOMY
5. CLASSICAL-KEYNESIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY AND NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS
6. AN ALTERNATIVE THEORY OF ECONOMIC POLICY
7. POLITICAL ECONOMY IN A WIDER CONTEXT
References
Index.