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Author Perelman, Michael

Title The end of economics / Michael Perelman
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1996

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 204 pages)
Series Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 4
Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 4.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; THE END OF ECONOMICS; Sociology of economics; A child's guide to price theory; Marginal costs and economic psychology; Decreasing returns; The unrealistic world of conventional price theory; Sunk costs; Fixed costs; Liquidity; Conclusion; ECONOMIC THEORY AND THE HISTORICAL INCREASE OF FIXED CAPITAL; Irrationality and the expansion of fixed capital; Keynes and animal spirits; More on irrationality and investment; Psychology and the business cycle; Accounting and the quest for rational decision making; The role of recessions in market economies
Summary In this book, Perelman explores the real constraints on the US market and the implications of a non-perfect world
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-200) and index
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Subject Economics -- History -- 20th century.
Economics -- History.
Economic history.
Economics.
economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
Economic history
Economics
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0203437187
9780203437186
0203284844
9780203284841