PARADIGM WARS: Mainstream Economics versus Radical Political Economy

Past and present economic crises have called into questions mainstream economic policies & theories upon which they are based. This book explores, through readings on critical thinking, mainstream economics & various shades of heterodox or radical political economy, how various theories stand up against each other, side-by-side. How do "mainstream" economics & economists compare with radical or "heterodox" political economy & paradigm adherents? What do they admit as facts?; What do they disagree upon & why? What are some basic principles of critical thinking & epistemology to add to debates? What is the state of economics & economists today? What are markets, free or otherwise? What do markets do, what are they supposed to do? What happens when markets fail & why? What did Marx & Engels really write and predict? Are their predictions testable & how have they turned out? This book also arms you against cheap memes and bumper-sticker slogans masquerading as science

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