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Normative Economics: An Introduction to Microeconomic Theory and Radical Critiques seeks to overcome the problem of taking an orthodox approach in economics introducing it in a critical way.
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Pergamon,
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| Publisher Address: | Potts Point, N.S.W. ; Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 1975. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080183008 |
| Summary: |
Normative Economics: An Introduction to Microeconomic Theory and Radical Critiques seeks to overcome the problem of taking an orthodox approach in economics introducing it in a critical way. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xi, 147 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781483140032 1483140032 |
| Index Number: | HB171 |
| CLC: | F0 |
| Contents: |
Front Cover; Normative Economics: An Introduction to Microeconomic Theory and Radical Critiques; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Perspectives; Economics and Social Objectives; The Focus of Orthodox Economics; Appraisal of Economic Analysis; Chapter 2. To Whom?; Techniques for Analysing Distributional Efficiency; The Price System and Distributional Efficiency; Underlying Assumptions; Equity Considerations; Some Implications for Policy Issues; Chapter 3. How?; Techniques for Analysing Productive Efficiency; The Price System and Productive Efficiency. Underlying AssumptionsEquity Considerations; Some Applications to Policy Issues; Chapter 4. What?; Feasible Commodity Combinations; Optimal Commodity Combinations; Product Selection in a Perfectly Competitive Economy; The Effect of Imperfect Competition; Sales Promotion Activities; External Effects; Some Implications for Policy; Chapter 5. Where?; Location and Efficiency; Underlying Assumptions; Equity Considerations; Some Applications of the Analysis; Chapter 6. When?; Time and Consumers; Time and Producers; Intertemporal Allocation and the Price System; Not Enough Investment! Too Much Investment!A Reconciliation?; Some Macro-economic Applications; Chapter 7. Public Policy; Liberal Economic Ideology; Failure to establish Ideal' conditions; Failure of the Ideal'; Failure to Achieve Social Objectives; Problems of the Liberal Stance; Chapter 8. Radical Alternatives; The Dynamics of Social Change; The Class Structure of Capitalism; Imperialism and Militarism; The State in Capitalist Society; The Social Superstructure of Capitalism; Conflicts in Economics; Author Index; Subject Index. |