The Macroeconomics Anti-Textbook : A Critical Thinker’s Guide Hardback
by Tony Myatt
Hardback
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Mainstream textbooks present economics as an objective science, free from value judgements.
This book demonstrates this to be a myth – one which serves to make such textbooks not only off-puttingly bland, but also dangerously misleading in their justification of the status quo and neglect of alternatives. In this much-needed companion volume to the popular Microeconomics Anti-Textbook, Tony Myatt reveals how the blind spots and methodological problems present in microeconomics continue to exert their influence in mainstream macroeconomics.
From a flawed conception of the labour market, to a Pollyana view of the financial sector, macroeconomic principles as they are set out in conventional undergraduate textbooks consistently fail to set out a realistic, useful, or equitable framework for understanding the world. By summarising and then critically evaluating the major topics found in a typical macroeconomics textbook, the Anti-Textbook lays bare their sins of omission and commission, showing where hidden value judgements are made and when contrary evidence and alternative theories are ignored.
The Macroeconomics Anti-Textbook is the student's essential guide to decoding mainstream macroeconomic textbooks, and demonstrating how real-world economics are much more interesting than most economists are willing to let on.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:408 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:17/11/2022
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- ISBN:9781350323728
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:408 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:17/11/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781350323728
