[P2P-F] "The Economics Anti-Textbook" ?

Sun Nov 20 18:57:17 CET 2011

http://www.scribd.com/doc/27119883/The-Economics-Anti-Textbook-A-Critical-Thinker-s-Guide-to-Microeconomics-by-Rod-Hill-Tony-Myatt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economics_Anti-Textbook

The main thrust of the authors' argument is that basic economics courses,
being centered around models of perfect
competition<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_competition>,
are biased towards the support of free
market<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_market>
 or laissez-faire <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laissez-faire> ideologies,
and neglect to mention conflicting evidence or give sufficient coverage of
alternative descriptive models.

An example of the book's approach is the theories surrounding minimum
wage<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage>
.

...

The book presents their own paradigm for interpreting economic behaviour.

Despite not yet being reviewed in mainstream journals, as of February 2011
the introductory chapter has received 13,000 views
onstumbleupon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stumbleupon>
[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economics_Anti-Textbook#cite_note-0> and
the book has attracted positive comment on various blogs
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