Reorienting Economics

Far from being a polemic against the currently dominant set of economicpractices this excellent book sustains the thesis that if economics is to besaved from it... » 

Far from being a polemic against the currently dominant set of economicpractices this excellent book sustains the thesis that if economics is to besaved from itself it is highly desirable to seek where feasible a continualdialogue between all interested parties. The coverage of the ReorientingEconomics includes commentaries on the current state of economics the natureof ontological theorising including the nature of its consequencespossibilities for social explanation the scope of economics evolutionarythinking the contribution of heterodox traditions including feministeconomics post Keynesianism and old institutionalism the historical processwhereby economics came to take its current orientation and much else. As withLawsons previous writings Reorienting Economics will be of interest not onlyto economists but also to philosophers the variety of social theorists andindeed anyone interested in understanding the current state of socialtheorising and contemplating how it might be improved. «