Money, blood and revolution : how Darwin and the doctor of King Charles I could turn economics into a science
Cooper, George2014
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Economics is a broken science, living in a kind of Alice in Wonderland state believing in multiple, inconsistent, things at the same time. Prior to the financial crisis, mainstream economics argued simultaneously for small government on taxation, regulation and spending, but big government on monetary policy. After the financial crisis, economics is now arguing for more government spending and for less government spending. The premise of this book is that the internal inconsistencies between economic theories - the apparently unresolvable debates between leading economists and the incoherent policies of our governments - are symptomatic of economics being in a crisis. Specifically, in a scientific crisis.
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Imprint:
Petersfield, Hampshire : Harriman House, 2014.
Collation:
xvii, 204 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780857193827 (hbk)
Dewey class:
330.09
Language:
English
BRN:
74720