Economics and Utopia: Why the Learning Economy is Not the End of History - Economics as Social Theory (Paperback)

Geoffrey M Hodgson (author)

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Paperback 360 Pages / Published: 03/12/1998

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Synopsis

The book is an important contribution to the current debate concerning the future of the present society and the prospects for the next millennium

Controversially, it critiques capitalism, socialism, mainstream economics and marxian economics

Author has been at the forefront of the development of institutional and evolutionary approaches to economics

Hodgson is a distinguished theorist and this will sell the book. He has just retired as Chairman of EAEPE (European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy - 800 members) - which means broad audience/contacts

Innovative and critical address of key questions such as how capitalism can evolve not into socialism but into a different type of economic system

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN: 9780415196857
Number of pages: 360
Weight: 670 g
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 17 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS

'Economics and Utopia is well-written, accessible and consistently engaging.....it is a must for any economic geographer wanting to keep abreast of progress in political economic thought' - Area

'This is a book that deserves to be widely read, and should be by anybody with an interest in the discipline of Economics...well-aruged, stimulating and thought-provoking.' - Capital and Class