Is the economic and financial crisis also a crisis of Economics? From different perspectives, today there is rather harsh criticism of Economics as a Social Science. In this paper, first, some of the recent failures of Economics are discussed. Then some of the criticisms are taken up that are...

1. Economics as a science -- 2. Individuals and households -- 3. Consumption -- 4. Firms -- 5. Markets -- 6. The state -- 7. Public goods and commons -- 8. Labour markets -- 9. Financial markets -- 10. The macroeconomic flow -- 11. Money -- 12. Economic growth -- 13. Nature -- 14. International...

Economics After the Crisis" is an introductory economics textbook, covering key topics in micro and macro economics. However, this book differs from other introductory economics textbooks in the perspective it takes, and it incorporates issues that are presently underserved by existing textbooks...

This book is devoted to the analysis of the three main financial crises that have marked this century: 2001 Argentina’s defaulting on its external debt, the American subprime crisis in 2008, and the current European debt crisis in Europe. The book pursues three major objectives: firstly, to...

In den vergangenen Jahren hat sich das Verständnis der Volkswirtschaftslehre gewandelt. Bis in die siebziger Jahre dominierte die Wirtschaftspolitik, die sich auch als Berater außerhalb der Universitäten verstand. Dann schwappte von den USA die Mathematisierung der Volkswirtschaftslehre nach...