The Death of Economics

by PaulOrmerod (Author)

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  Illustrated
  1997

  $3.25

  Important and ingenious . . . ought to be read by every educatedperson. --The Spectator.

  Renowned British economist Paul Ormerod explodes currenteconomic theory to offer a radical new framework for understandinghow human societies and economies really operate. His bold andimpassioned arguments about how and why economics should be recastto reflect the current ills of Western society --includingunemployment, crime, and poverty --are both persuasive andcontroversial. Integrating ideas from biology, physics, artificialintelligence, and the behavioral sciences, Ormerod's groundbreakingapproach is sure to have far-reaching repercussions.

  A clear, concise, and yet sophisticated history of economicthought that should be required reading for Economics 101 courses.The fundamental challenge is to view the economy more as anorganism than a machine and place it in its larger political, social, and moral context. --The Washington Post

  A vigorous, informed, and thoughtful critique of the dismalscience. --Kirkus Reviews.

  Crucial reading for the concerned citizen, which ought to meanall of us. . . . This book is very timely indeed. --TheObserver

  Economics has some battles to fight. . . . Unless economistsimprove their ability to analyze and prescribe in an intelligentway, and to provide a modicum of accuracy in their forecasts, thetwentieth-century pseudoscience of economics will become atwenty-first-century museum piece. --Sunday Times(London).

• New

  Illustrated
  1997

  $33.04

  Important and ingenious . . . ought to be read by every educatedperson. --The Spectator.

  Renowned British economist Paul Ormerod explodes currenteconomic theory to offer a radical new framework for understandinghow human societies and economies really operate. His bold andimpassioned arguments about how and why economics should be recastto reflect the current ills of Western society --includingunemployment, crime, and poverty --are both persuasive andcontroversial. Integrating ideas from biology, physics, artificialintelligence, and the behavioral sciences, Ormerod's groundbreakingapproach is sure to have far-reaching repercussions.

  A clear, concise, and yet sophisticated history of economicthought that should be required reading for Economics 101 courses.The fundamental challenge is to view the economy more as anorganism than a machine and place it in its larger political, social, and moral context. --The Washington Post

  A vigorous, informed, and thoughtful critique of the dismalscience. --Kirkus Reviews.

  Crucial reading for the concerned citizen, which ought to meanall of us. . . . This book is very timely indeed. --TheObserver

  Economics has some battles to fight. . . . Unless economistsimprove their ability to analyze and prescribe in an intelligentway, and to provide a modicum of accuracy in their forecasts, thetwentieth-century pseudoscience of economics will become atwenty-first-century museum piece. --Sunday Times(London).