| Description |
xvi, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: I No more Mr Nice Guy -- Part 1 Foundations -- 2 The calculus of hedonism -- 3 The price of everything and the value of nothing -- 4 Size does matter -- 5 To each according to his contribution -- Part 2 Complexities -- 6 The holy war over capital -- 7 There is madness in their method -- 8 Let's do the Time Warp again -- 9 The sum of the parts -- 10 'The price is not right -- Part 3 Alternatives -- 11 Finance and economic breakdown -- 12 Don't shoot me, I'm only the piano -- 13 Nothing to lose but their minds -- 4 There are alternatives -- References |
| Summary |
Economic Rationalists have always taken the "high intellectual ground". This book uses sound economics to show that their supposedly watertight theories are in fact full of holes. Each chapter in the book takes a key aspect of Economic Rationalism, carefully explains it, and then details the flaws in the logic |
| Analysis |
Economic policy |
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Economic theory |
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Overseas item |
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Social policy |
| Notes |
first 14 pages is fallen out!! |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-324) and index |
| SUBJECT |
Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute). Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009184526
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Economic policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003049375
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| Subject |
Economic policy.
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Economics.
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Social policy.
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| Author |
Keen, Steve.
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| LC no. |
2001430179 |
| ISBN |
185649991X (cased : UK) |
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1856499928 (softcover : UK) |
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1864030704 (hbk.) |
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