Who Runs the Economy?: The Role of Power in Economics
Robert Skidelsky (Ed.)
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Paperback. Editor(s): Skidelsky, Robert. Num Pages: 161 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Since the financial crisis of 2008 and the following Great Recession, there has been surprisingly little change in the systems of ideas, institutions and policies which preceded the crash and helped bring it about. 'Mainstream' economics carries on much as it did before. Despite much discussion of what went wrong, very little has substantially changed. Perhaps the answer has something to do with power; a subject on which economics is unusually quiet. Whilst economics may be able to discuss bargaining power and market power, it fails to explore the reciprocal connections between economic ideas and politics: the political power of ... Read more
Since the financial crisis of 2008 and the following Great Recession, there has been surprisingly little change in the systems of ideas, institutions and policies which preceded the crash and helped bring it about. 'Mainstream' economics carries on much as it did before. Despite much discussion of what went wrong, very little has substantially changed. Perhaps the answer has something to do with power; a subject on which economics is unusually quiet. Whilst economics may be able to discuss bargaining power and market power, it fails to explore the reciprocal connections between economic ideas and politics: the political power of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
223g
Number of Pages
146
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137580191
SKU
V9781137580191
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99-15
About Robert Skidelsky (Ed.)
Robert Skidelsky is Emeritus Professor of Political Economy at Warwick University, UK. His three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes won five prizes and his book on the financial crisis, Keynes: The Return of the Master, was published in September 2010. He was made a member of the House of Lords in 1991, where he sits on the cross-benches, and was ... Read more
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