The Public Economy in Crisis: A Call for a New Public Economics
By June Sekera Springer. 2016.
Category: Books
Volume 7: Are Humans Misfits in Market Democracies?
By Robert E. Lane This is the second of a pair of books by Robert Lane. The first was After the End of History: The Curious Fate of American Materialism, published by Michigan Press in 2006. It was the sixth book to appear in a series called “Evolving Values for a Capitalist World”, edited by GDAE Co-Director Neva […]
Twenty-First Century Macroeconomics: Responding to the Climate Challenge
By Jonathan M. Harris and Neva R. Goodwin, Editors Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009; Hardcover and Paperback, 332 Pages; Order from Edward Elgar Publishing The authors and editors of this volume challenge traditional assumptions about economic growth, and develop the elements of a reoriented macroeconomics that takes account both of environmental impacts and of social equity. […]
Can We Afford the Future? The Economics of a Warming World
By Frank Ackerman Zed Books, 2009 (distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan) 160 pages, paperback: $20.95 Order from Palgrave Macmillan or Amazon “A progressive economist well-versed in the literature of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and other scientists and scientific groups fearful of climate change impacts, Ackerman offers up a practical and useful response to […]
Poisoned for Pennies: The Economics of Toxics and Precaution
By Frank Ackerman Island Press, 2008; 352 pages, Hardcover, $50.00; Paperback: $25.00 Order from Island Press Order from Amazon “Cost-benefit analysis” is a term that is used so frequently we rarely stop to think about it. But relying on it can lead to some dubious conclusions, as Frank Ackerman points out in this eye-opening book. Inventing dollar […]
Introducing Economics: A Critical Guide for Teaching
By Mark H. Maier and Julie A. Nelson Cloth, $68.95 Paper, $24.95 M.E. Sharpe, 2007 “Introducing Economics is a pedagogical gadfly prodding our economics thinking by its critical stance while serving as the teacher’s best friend through its clear writing, smart teaching ideas, and robust suggested resources. It should be on the shelf of all […]
Economics for Humans
By Julie A. Nelson Cloth, $16.00 The University of Chicago Press, 2006 “Can be read for pleasure and enlightenment by economists and non-economists alike.”— The Times Literary Supplement Order from University of Chicago Press Summary: Is it asking too much to demand that businesses be socially and environmentally responsible? When child care and elder care are […]
Volume 6: After the End of History: The Curious Fate of American Materialism
By Robert E. Lane Order on Amazon Kindle or from University of Michigan Press “Robert E. Lane is one of the most prominent and distinguished critics of both the human impact of market economies and economic theory, arguing from much research that happiness is more likely to flow from companionship, enjoyment of work, contribution to society, and the […]
Volume 5: Helping People Help Themselves: From the World Bank to an Alternative Philosophy of Development Assistance
By David Ellerman Foreword by Albert O. Hirschman This volume is part of the series Evolving Values for a Capitalist World Helping People Help Themselves grew out of David Ellerman’s ten years at the World Bank—and particularly out of his three years as advisor and speechwriter for Joseph Stiglitz during Stiglitz’s tumultuous term […]
Volume 4: It’s Legal but It Ain’t Right: Harmful Social Consequences of Legal Industries
Harmful Social Consequences of Legal Industries Nikos Passas and Neva Goodwin, Editors This volume is part of the series Evolving Values for a Capitalist World A wide range of scholars, journalists, and policy analysts examine the “lawful but awful” practices that populate the gray area between legality and morality. Many U.S. corporations and the goods […]