About this title: Mainstream economics was founded on many strong assumptions. Institutions and politics were treated as irrelevant, government as exogenous, social norms as epiphenomena. As an initial gambit this was fine. But as the horizons of economic inquiry have broadened, these assumptions have become hindrances rather than aids. If we want to understand why some economies succeed and some fail, why some governments are effective and others not, why some communities prosper while others stagnate, it is essential to view economics as embedded in politics and society. Prelude to Political Economy is a ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 11-30-00
ISBN-13:9780198296713ISBN:0198296711
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 4/10/2003
ISBN-13:9780199261857ISBN:0199261857
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780199261857ISBN:0199261857
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 234x156 mm. (304) prelude to political economy suggests a new approach to law and economics and to the state, and addresses important questions such as whether the state should guarantee freedom of speech and whether the free market can lead to coercion. (Paperback) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780198296713ISBN:0198296711
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780198296713ISBN:0198296711
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 234x156 mm. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (306) this book is a critique of economics as social science, unusual because it uses many of the same techniques that contemporary economics and positive political economy use. it relies on game theory, and more importantly, on game-theoretic reasoning; but the technical demands are small. the book cautions that perhaps we are trying to move too fast; that we are, mistakenly, dismissive of ideas that ... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780199261857ISBN:0199261857
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780199261857ISBN:0199261857
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2003-04-10
ISBN-13:9780199261857ISBN:0199261857
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Description: New. PLEASE NOTE: All books are promptly shipped from our UK warehouse using Royal Mail International Priority mail. Heavier or more expensive books are shipped with a TRACKING NUMBER. Professional and reliable bookseller (est.1987). Mainstream economics was founded on many strong assumptions. Institutions and politics were treated as irrelevant, government as exogenous, social norms as epiphenomena. As an initial gambit this was fine. But as the horizons of economic inquiry have broadened, ... read more
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