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

Sun Nov 20 19:09:00 CET 2011

Econned (2010) by Yves Smith of Naked Capitalism is on the same track

From: Dante-Gabryell Monson 
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Subject: [P2P-F] "The Economics Anti-Textbook" ?

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, are biased towards the support of free market or 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.

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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[1] and the book has attracted positive comment on various blogs

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