Este estudio pone al descubierto lo que muchos probablemente hemos sospechado alguna vez y unos pocos economistas llevan sabiendo desde hace tiempo: la teoría económica no sólo es difícil de digerir, sino que además está sencillamente equivocada. Cuando fue publicado en 2001, la economía de mercado parecía invencible y la teoría económica “neoclásica” estaba en …
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È l’economia che cambia il mondo (Saggi) (Italian Edition)
Com’è nato il denaro? Da quando il lavoro è una merce? Che ruolo ha avuto il debito nelle società di mercato? In una lettera appassionata alla figlia adolescente, Yanis Varoufakis – economista greco divenuto noto in tutto il mondo per le sue proposte anti-austerity da ministro delle Finanze del primo governo Tsipras – ripercorre le …
Read More »Economia della Valuta Moderna: Il libro base della Modern Money Theory (Italian Edition)
“La prima pubblicazione di questo libro è stata un risultato diretto di ciò che io chiamo “Italian trade”, che ho fatto oltre 20 anni fa. Segna il riconoscimento esplicito della moneta come un (semplice) monopolio pubblico, e rivela il funzionamento delle operazioni monetarie reali. Ad oggi, tuttavia, il messaggio non ha ancora raggiunto chi prende …
Read More »On the use and misuse of theories and models in mainstream economics by Lars Palsson Syll (2016-02-08)
State of Power 2016: Democracy, power and resistance
TNI’s fifth annual State of Power 2016 report explores the intersect of power and democracy. Featuring prominent activists and academics, its essays feature the long battle between economic power and popular democracy, expose the different powers seeking to undermine democracy today, and tell the stories of radical popular democratic alternatives emerging worldwide. Contents: Introduction – …
Read More »On the use and misuse of theories and models in mainstream economics
This collection of previously published and new papers is a major intervention in the on-going debate about the nature and future of economics. Instead of the present deductivist-formalist orientation of mainstream economics, Lars Syll advocates for the adoption of a more pluralist approach to economics, arguing for more realism and relevance with less insistence on …
Read More »Developing an economics for the post-crisis world by Steve Keen (2016-02-04)
Developing an economics for the post-crisis world
This book is a collection of Steve Keen’s influential papers published over the last fifteen years. The topics covered include methodology, microeconomics, and the monetary approach to macroeconomics that Keen – along with many other non-mainstream economists – has been developing. “Economics still awaits its Darwin. Keynes came close, but not close enough. Keen comes …
Read More »Time for Change: Wie ich meiner Tochter die Wirtschaft erkläre
Der ehemalige griechische Finanzminister Yanis Varoufakis hat ein Buch geschrieben, in dem er seiner Tochter die Welt der Wirtschaft erklärt. Ähnlich wie in “Sofies Welt” die Philosophie erklärt wird, gibt Varoufakis hier einen leichtverständlichen und kurzweiligen Einblick in die Welt der Wirtschaft. Autorenporträt: Yanis Varoufakis, geboren 1961, ist ein griechisch-australischer Wirtschaftswissenschaftler und Autor zahlreicher Buch- …
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