{"product_id":"from-economics-imperialism-to-freakonomics-the-shifting-boundaries-between-economics-and-other-social-sciences-paperback-1","title":"From Economics Imperialism to Freakonomics: The Shifting Boundaries between Economics and other Social Sciences - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Fine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDimitris Milonakis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs or has economics ever been the imperial social science? Could or should it ever be so? These are the central concerns of this book. It involves a critical reflection on the process of how economics became the way it is, in terms of a narrow and intolerant orthodoxy, that has, nonetheless, increasingly directed its attention to appropriating the subject matter of other social sciences through the process termed \"economics imperialism\". In other words, the book addresses the shifting boundaries between economics and the other social sciences as seen from the confines of the dismal science, with some reflection on the responses to the economic imperialists by other disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignificantly, an old economics imperialism is identified of the \"as if market\" style most closely associated with Gary Becker, the public choice theory of Buchanan and Tullock and cliometrics. But this has given way to a more \"revolutionary\" form of economics imperialism associated with the information-theoretic economics of Akerlof and Stiglitz, and the new institutional economics of Coase, Wiliamson and North. Embracing one \"new\" field after another, economics imperialism reaches its most extreme version in the form of \"freakonomics\", the economic theory of everything on the basis of the most shallow principles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy way of contrast and as a guiding critical thread, a thorough review is offered of the appropriate principles underpinning political economy and its relationship to social science, and how these have been and continue to be deployed. The case is made for political economy with an interdisciplinary character, able to bridge the gap between economics and other social sciences, and draw upon and interrogate the nature of contemporary capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBen Fine\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eSocial Capital Versus Social Theory\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), \u003cem\u003eThe World of Consumption\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), the co-editor of \u003cem\u003eDevelopment Policy in the 21st Century\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), and co-author of \u003cem\u003eFrom Political Economy to Economics\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) all published by Routledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimitris Milonakis\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor and Head of the Economics Department at the University of Crete. He is the co-author of \u003cem\u003eFrom Political Economy to Economics\u003c\/em\u003e (2009) published by Routledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53146201784627,"sku":"9780415423236","price":136.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/EyTqEd65bX9780415423236_d0da52d4-7e3c-4f4f-892f-72b3acae0e6c.webp?v=1773863715","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/from-economics-imperialism-to-freakonomics-the-shifting-boundaries-between-economics-and-other-social-sciences-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}