02276cam a2200277M  4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022020002200063020002500085035002200110040001800132050002100150100003000171245008300201246003400284260004900318300002500367504005800392505035200450520104800802650001501850942001201865952010601877999001501983on1184235965OCoLCta210616t20212020ctua     b    001 0 eng d  a030025749X (pbk.)  a9780300257496 (pbk.)  a(OCoLC)1184235965  aYDXbengcYDX  aHB171b.S55 20211 aSkidelsky, Robert,d1939-10aWhat's wrong with economics :ba primer for the perplexed /cRobert Skidelsky.13aWhat is wrong with economics?  aNew Haven : bYale University Press, c2021.  axvii, 223 p. :bill.  aIncludes notes, bibliographical references and index.0 aWhy methodology? -- The basics : wants and means -- Economic growth -- Equilibrium -- Models and laws -- Economic psychology -- Sociology and economics -- Institutional economics -- Economics and power -- Why study the history of economic thought? -- Economic history -- Ethics and economics -- Retreat from omniscience -- The future of economics.  aA passionate and informed critique of mainstream economics from one of the leading economic thinkers of our time. This insightful book looks at how mainstream economics' quest for scientific certainty has led to a narrowing of vision and a convergence on an orthodoxy that is unhealthy for the field, not to mention the societies which base policy decisions on the advice of flawed economic models. Noted economic thinker Robert Skidelsky explains the circumstances that have brought about this constriction and proposes an approach to economics which includes philosophy, history, sociology, and politics. Skidelsky's clearly written and compelling critique takes aim at the way that economics is taught in today's universities, where a focus on modelling leaves students ill-equipped to grapple with what is important and true about human life. He argues for a return to the ideal set out by John Maynard Keynes that the economist must be a "mathematician, historian, statesman, [and] philosopher" in equal measure. -- Provided by publisher. 4aEconomics.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oHB171 .S55 2021pPNLIB21063057r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c3244d3244