Post-Keynesian essays from down under. Volume III, Essays on ethics, social justice and economics : theory and policy in an historical context

In the third volume of Post-Keynesian Essays from Down Under, Halevi, Harcourt, Kriesler and Neville bring together a collection of their most influential papers on ethics and economics. Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction to Ethics and Economics....Pages 1-10 Front Matter....Pages 11-11 Faith, Works and Talents Entwined: Driving Forces Behind John Nevile’s Contributions....Pages 13-23 The Root of All Evil....Pages 24-33 Just and Unjust Macro-economic Policy....Pages 34-44 Policies to Minimise the Costs of Unemployment....Pages 45-66 Overcoming Social Exclusion....Pages 67-85 Economic Rationalism: Social Philosophy Masquerading as Economic Science....Pages 86-97 Deregulation and the Welfare of the Less Well Off....Pages 98-114 Economic Rationalism, Income Distribution and Productivity....Pages 115-126 Economic Rationalism: The Human Dimension....Pages 127-141 Book Review: “Ethics and Economics”....Pages 142-148 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 Economic Perspectives on Workers’ Rights....Pages 151-156 The Right to Work....Pages 157-163 The Global Financial Crisis and the Right to a Decent Job....Pages 164-187 Minimum Wages, Unions, the Economy and Society....Pages 188-201 Full Employment, a Neglected, but Indispensable and Feasible Human Right....Pages 202-219 Human Rights: Issues in the Welfare State....Pages 220-230 Front Matter....Pages 231-231 Writing Biographies of Economists....Pages 233-244 Post-Keynesian Theory, Direct Action and Political Involvement....Pages 245-257 Piero Sraffa: A Tribute....Pages 258-261 Front Matter....Pages 231-231 Peter Kenyon 1952–2012: A Memoir and a Tribute....Pages 262-266 Phyllis Deane 1918–2012: A Memoir and a Tribute....Pages 267-269 Allan Barton 1933–2012: A Tribute....Pages 270-272 Frank Hahn 1926–2013: A Tribute....Pages 273-275 On Topical Themes in Veblen and Commons’s Contributions....Pages 276-283 Paolo Sylos-Labini’s Contribution to Modern Economic Theory....Pages 284-306 Back Matter....Pages 307-320 Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Figures and Tables 8 Preface 9 Acknowledgements 11 About the Authors 13 Introduction to Ethics and Economics 14 Part I Social Justice 24 1 Faith, Works and Talents Entwined: Driving Forces Behind John Nevile’s Contributions 25 2 The Root of All Evil 36 3 Just and Unjust Macro-economic Policy 46 4 Policies to Minimise the Costs of Unemployment 57 5 Overcoming Social Exclusion 79 6 Economic Rationalism: Social Philosophy Masquerading as Economic Science 98 7 Deregulation and the Welfare of the Less Well Off 110 8 Economic Rationalism, Income Distribution and Productivity 127 9 Economic Rationalism: The Human Dimension 139 10 Book Review: “Ethics and Economics” 154 Part II Human Rights 161 11 Economic Perspectives on Workers’ Rights 162 12 The Right to Work 168 13 The Global Financial Crisis and the Right to a Decent Job 175 14 Minimum Wages, Unions, the Economy and Society 199 15 Full Employment, a Neglected, but Indispensable and Feasible Human Right 213 16 Human Rights: Issues in the Welfare State 231 Part III Economics with a Human Face 242 17 Writing Biographies of Economists 243 18 Post-Keynesian Theory, Direct Action and Political Involvement 255 19 Piero Sraffa: A Tribute 268 20 Peter Kenyon 1952–2012: A Memoir and a Tribute 272 21 Phyllis Deane 1918–2012: A Memoir and a Tribute 277 22 Allan Barton 1933–2012: A Tribute 280 23 Frank Hahn 1926–2013: A Tribute 283 24 On Topical Themes in Veblen and Commons’s Contributions. Remarks Upon Receipt of the Veblen-Commons Award 286 25 Paolo Sylos-Labini’s Contribution to Modern Economic Theory 294 Index 317 "Joseph Halevi, Geoff Harcourt, Peter Kriesler and J.W. Nevile bring together a collection of their most influential papers on post-Keynesian thought. Their work stresses the importance of the underlying institutional framework, of the economy as a historical process and, therefore, of path determinacy. In addition, their essays suggest the ultimate goal of economics is as a tool to inform policy and make the world a better place, with better being defined by an overriding concern with social justice. Volume I analyses the contributions of Keynes, Harrod and Kalecki"-- Provided by publisher Joseph Halevi, G. C. Harcourt, Peter Kriesler and J. W. Nevile bring together a collection of their most influential papers on post-Keynesian thought. Their work stresses the importance of the underlying institutional framework, of the economy as a historical process and, therefore, of path determinacy. In addition, their essays suggest the ultimate goal of economics is as a tool to inform policy and make the world a better place, with better being defined by an overriding concern with social justice. Volume III explores the ethics of economics.