The Skeptical Economist

Jonathan Aldred is Newton Trust Lecturer in Land Economy at Cambridge University and Director of Studies in Economics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.Dr. Jonathan Aldred 是劍橋大學牛頓學院的土地經濟系講師和劍橋伊曼紐爾學院經濟系主任

出版者:Routledge

作者:Jonathan Aldred

页数:288

出版时间:2009-3-24

价格:USD 79.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781844077052

图书标签:经济学术经济学社会平等思想哲学1

Economics is unavoidably central to any attempt to improve our quality of life, but most people do not know why, or how to question its underlying assumptions. The Skeptical Economist rejects the story told by other popular economics books. Responding to Western malaise about quality of life, and a growing curiosity about economics and its relevance to these concerns, Jonathan Aldred argues that economics is not an agreed body of knowledge or an objective science. In reality economics is built on ethical foundations - distinctive and controversial views about how we ought to live, what we value and why. This revealing and entertaining book exposes these hidden assumptions, and opens up the black box of modern economics to reveal that conventional wisdom is not what it appears to be. The Skeptical Economist will challenge us all to examine the assumptions behind the economics of our current way of life. It rediscovers the ethics at the heart of economics.