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Front Matter 1 Half Title 1 Dedication 2 Title 3 Copyright 4 Contents 5 Main Matter 9 Introduction: Broadband Versus Narrowband Economics, by Edward Fullbrook 9 Part I: Basic Problems 15 Chapter 1: The Quarrelsome Boundaries of Economics, by Hugh Stretton 17 Complexity, Invention, Conflict and Cooperation 17 Measurement 19 Equality 19 Efficiency 20 Externals 21 Market and Government 22 Modes of Production 23 Blood 25 Oil 26 Keep at It 27 Recommended Further Reading 28 Chapter 2: Modern Economics: the Problem and a Solution, by Tony Lawson 29 The Problem 29 Functional Felations and Social Phenomena 30 Economics as Science 32 Explaining the Problem 33 Doing Better 34 Experimental Work as a Special Case of Constructive Explanation 36 Applied Economics 37 The Broader Analysis 38 Precursors 38 Summary 40 References 40 Chapter 3: The Pitfalls of Mainstream Economic Reasoning (and Teaching), by Michael A. Bernstein 41 Chapter 4: Neoclassical Economic Theory: a Special and Not a General Case, by Paul Ormerod 49 Introduction 49 Strengths of Economics 50 Dogmatism 51 Making Economics More General 51 Conclusion 53 Chapter 5: Where Do Economies Come From? The Missing Story, by Anne Mayhew 55 The Importance of Rules and Common Practices 56 How Rules Change 62 Where Do Economies Come From? 63 Chapter 6: Can Economics Start From the Individual Alone? by Geoffrey M. Hodgson 65 The Evolution of Institutions from Individuals 66 Cognition and Communication 67 Beyond Methodological Individualism and Methodological Collectivism 69 Conclusion: A Way Forward 72 References and Suggestions for Further Reading 75 Part II: Micro Nonsense 77 Chapter 7: Are You Rational? by Edward Fullbrook 79 Make-Believe Worlds Require Make-Believe People 79 Three Neoclassical Axioms of Consumer Choice 82 Real People in the Real World: Real-World Rationality 83 Conclusion 91 References 91 Chapter 8: Five Pieces of Advice for Students Studying Microeconomics, by Emmanuelle Benicourt 92 Fictitious Agents: Households and Firms 93 The Case of the Firm 94 About Markets 96 Is a 'Perfect Market' a Market? 97 Rigour or Confusion? 97 About 'Imperfections' 98 About 'Market Failures' 99 The Main Problem: Bargaining is Indeterminate 100 Bargaining and Asymmetric Information 101 What Students Must Demand 102 Chapter 9: How Mainstream Economists Model Choice, versus How We Behave, and Why It Matters, by Peter E. Earl 103 Introduction 103 Concluding Comments 111 References and Suggestions for Further Reading 112 Chapter 10: Managerial Economics: Economics of Management or Economics for Managers? by Sashi Sivramkrishna 114 References 120 Part III: Macro Nonsense 121 Chapter 11: Why Do We Have Separate Courses in 'Micro' and 'Macro' Economics? by Ozgur Gun 123 Why a Separate Course in Macroeconomics? 124 Micro and Macro: Aggregating Goods 125 Micro and Macro: Aggregating Choices 126 New Macroeconomics: Robinson Crusoe Has Returned 127 'Representative Agent' Models: Nonsense 129 Perfect Competition With...Only One Agent! 130 Representative Agent or Central Planner? 131 Robinson Masochist 132 Conclusion 133 References 133 Chapter 12: The 'Natural' Rate of Unemployment, by James G. Devine 134 From Full Employment to the Natural Rate 134 Understanding the NRU 136 Critique of the NRU Theory 137 Conclusion 139 Selected References 140 Chapter 13: How to Look at Economics Critically: Some Suggestions, by Renato Di Ruzza and Joseph Halevi 141 Introduction: Joe Stiglitz and ... The Sraffians 141 From Systemic Tendencies or Immanent Behavior to an Unknown Future 143 No Morality, but Economics as Thought Control 147 References 150 Part IV: Ethical Voids and Social Pathologies 153 Chapter 14: Teaching Economics as if Ethics Mattered, by Charles K. Wilber 155 Economists, Value Judgments and Economic Theory 155 Ethical Theories 160 Economic Institutions and Ethics 162 Economic Policies and Ethics 164 Conclusion 164 Chapter 15: Economics as Ideology and the Need for Pluralism, by Peter Soderbaum 166 On the Meanings of Paradigm, Ideology, Pluralism and Democracy 167 The Ideology of Neoclassical Economics 170 CBA and Democracy as a Case 172 Conclusions and Recommendations for Education in Economics 173 References 175 Chapter 16: The 'Efficiency' Illusion, by Richard Wolff 177 The Concept of Efficiency 178 Efficiency in Practice 180 The Relativity of Efficiency 181 What Lies Behind Efficiency 182 Chapter 17: 'There Are None So Blind...' by Susan F. Feiner 184 Introduction 184 Textbook Representations of Gender, Race, and Sexuality 187 A Helpful Alternative 192 Part V: Misuse of Mathematics and Statistics 193 Chapter 18: Can Mathematics Be Used Successfully in Economics? by Donald Gillies 195 Introduction: The Success of Mathematics in Physics 195 Can the Success of Mathematics in Physics be Repeated in Economics? 196 A Suggested Difference Between Physics and Economics 198 An Example of Operational Numbers: Exam Results and Degree Classifications 199 Operational Numbers in Economics 201 What Are the Alternatives to Mathematical Economics? 204 References 205 Chapter 19: Can We Expect Anything From Game Theory? by Bernard Guerrien 206 Games as Stories 207 A Fundamental Point 208 About Games 'Solutions' 209 Games Solutions and Rationality 210 Nash Equilibrium as a Result of Correct Expectations 211 Why Nash Equilibrium? 212 Game Theory and 'Experiments' 213 Microeconomics as a Branch of Game Theory 214 Conclusion 215 References 216 Chapter 20: Improbably, Incorrect or Impossible: the Persuasive but Flawed Mathematics of Microeconomics, by Steve Keen 217 Mathematical Errors: Downward-Sloping Demand Curves 218 Inherent Limits: Utility Maximization and the Real World 221 The Wrong Mathematics: Statics in a Dynamic World 225 Preconceived Results and 'Inconvenient' Mathematics: General Disequilibrium 227 Conclusion 229 References 230 Chapter 21: The Significance of the Economics Research Paper, by Stephen T. Ziliak 231 Oomph 234 The AER 236 What Can We Hope? 239 References and Suggested Reading 241 Part VI: Category Mistakes Regarding Wealth and Illth 243 Chapter 22: Changing Visions of Humans' Place in the World and the Need for an Ecological Economics, by Robert Costanza 245 Visions of the Economy and its Relationship to the Ecological Life Support System 245 An Alternative Model 248 Valuation and Social Goals 249 Valuation with Sustainability, Fairness, and Efficiency as Goals 250 References 253 Chapter 23: Ecological Economics: The Concept of Scale and Its Relation to Allocation, Distribution, and Uneconomic Growth, by Herman E. Daly 255 Introduction 255 Ecological Economics in General and Compared to Neoclassical Economics 255 Economic Growth and Uneconomic Growth 261 Towards Policy 266 Chapter 24: What's Wrong with GDP and Growth? The Need for Alternative Indicators, by Jean Gadrey 270 1. What's Wrong with GDP and Growth? 271 2. Alternative, Synthetic Indicators 276 Conclusion 282 A Few Websites About the New Indicators 283 Part VII: Globalist Distortions 285 Chapter 25: What is Wrong with the 'Official History of Capitalism'? by Ha-Joon Chang 287 How Relevant is Economic History for Contemporary Economic Problems? 287 The Official History of Capitalism and Globalisation 288 A Critical Look at the Official History of Capitalism 289 Revising the Official History and Its Implications for Economic Development 295 Suggested Further Reading 296 Chapter 26: Should the Study of Transnational Companies Be Part of the Economics Syllabus? by Grazia Ietto-Gillies 297 Introduction 297 Is a Special Study of TNC's Necessary in Economics? 298 Why Trans-National Activities Matter 300 Summary and Implications 304 Further Reading 304 References 305 Chapter 27: Would a Latin American Economics Make Sense? by Ana Maria Bianchi 307 The Latin American School of Economics 308 A Linkage Approach to Development 311 Concluding Remarks 315 References 316 End Matter 318 Notes 318 Name Index 329 Publisher description: During a time of accelerating momentum for radical change in the study of economics, A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics comprehensively re-examines the shortcomings of neoclassical economics and considers a number of alternative formulations. In it, a distinguished list of non-neoclassical economists provide a study of some of the many worldly and logical gaps in neoclassical economics, its hidden ideological agendas, disregard for the environment, habitual misuse of mathematics and statistics, inability to address the major issues of economic globalization, its ethical cynicism concerning poverty, racism and sexism and its misrepresentation of economic history. In clear and engaging prose, A Guide to What's Wrong with Economics shows how interesting, relevant and exciting economics can be when it is pursued not as a defence of an antiquated and close-minded system of belief, but as a no-holds-barred inquiry looking for real-world truths