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OverviewWhat has gone wrong with economics? Economists now routinely devise highly sophisticated abstract models that score top marks for theoretical rigour but are clearly divorced from observable activities in the current economy. This creates an 'uneconomic economics', where models explain relationships in blackboard rather than real-life markets. Full Product DetailsAuthor: M. WatsonPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Pivot Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.304kg ISBN: 9781137385482ISBN 10: 1137385480 Pages: 108 Publication Date: 17 January 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Setting the Scene: From a Crisis of Economics to a Crisis of the State Introduction Competing Crisis Narratives of Symptom and Disease The Rehabilitation of Economic Theory The Crisis and the Economics Curriculum Structure of the Boo 2. The Collapse of the Model World: From Faith in Equations to Unsustainable Asset Bubbles Introduction The Growth of Increasingly Complex Secondary Mortgage Markets The Uneconomic Economics of Asset-Price Valuation Techniques Performativity and Counter-Performativity in Financial Markets Conclusion 3. The Creation of the Model World: From Formalist Techniques to the Triumph of Uneconomic Economics Introduction The Return of the Policy Ineffectiveness Proposition The Quest for a Fully Specified General Equilibrium Framework Formalist Technique and the Logic of Market Self-Regulation Conclusion 4. Looking Ahead: From Uneconomic Economics to a Different Future Introduction The Definition of Good Economics The Significance of Historicised Method Final Words References Index ?ReviewsAuthor InformationMatthew Watson is Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. Since 2013 he is also an ESRC Professorial Fellow working on the project 'Rethinking the Market'. In his research he applies methodologies from the history of thought in order to understand how modern-day markets take their distinctive form. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |