Introducing a New Economics

Jack Reardon is founding editor of the International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education and author of Introducing a New Economics (Pluto Press, 2017) and The Handbook of Pluralist Economics Education (Routledge, 2009). He teaches economics at the School of Business at Hamline University in Minnesota.Maria Alejandra Caporale Madi is a retired Professor at the Instituto de Economia, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Brazil. She is Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Pluralism and a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Green Economics. She is co-author of Introducing a New Economics (Pluto, 2017).Molly Scott Cato is Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at Roehampton University and is a Green Party Member of the European Parliament for the South West England electoral region. She is author of The Bioregional Economy (Routledge, 2012) and co-author of Introducing a New Economics (Pluto, 2017).

• List of Boxes, Figures and TablesAcknowledgementsPreface1. Introducing Economics with a Judicious Mix of Pluralism, Sustainability and Justice2. Knowledge and the Construction of Economic Models 3. Sustainability, Resources and the Environment 4. Power and the Distribution of Resources5. Inequality, Poverty and Disempowerment6. Livelihoods and Work 7. Unemployment and Employment8. Money 9. Economic Value 10. Firms, Industries and Markets11. Economic Democracy12. Economic Governance13. Consumption, Investment and Savings14. Recessions and Financial Crises15. Justice, Political Economy, Global Development and Governance16. Trade, Exchange Rates and the Balance of Payments17. Contemporary Global Economic and Financial Trends18. Which Way Forward?BibliographySubject IndexAuthor Index

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