The New Economics – A Manifesto

S Keen

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Polity Press
15 October 2021

Economics & Business; Economics; Political economy

In 1517, Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the wall of Wittenberg church. He argued that the Church’s internally consistent but absurd doctrines had pickled into a dogmatic structure of untruth. It was time for a Reformation. Half a millennium later, Steve Keen argues that economics needs its own Reformation. In Debunking Economics, he eviscerated an intellectual church – neoclassical economics – that systematically ignores its own empirical untruths and logical fallacies, and yet is still mysteriously worshipped by its scholarly high priests. In this book, he presents his Reformation: a New Economics, which tackles serious issues that today's economic priesthood ignores, such as money, energy and ecological sustainability. It gives us hope that we can save our economies from collapse and the planet from ecological catastrophe. Performing this task with his usual panache and wit, Steve Keen’s new book is unmissable to anyone who has noticed that the economics Emperor is naked and would like him to put on some clothes.

By: S Keen
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 324g
ISBN: 9781509545292
ISBN 10: 1509545298
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 15 October 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1 Why this manifesto? 2 Money matters 3 Our complex world 4 Economics, energy and the environment 5 The Neoclassical disease 6 Conclusion: Be the change Notes References

Professor Steve Keen is a prominent critic of mainstream economics, author of Debunking Economics and Can We Avoid Another Financial Crisis?, and a Distinguished Research Fellow at University College London.

Reviews for The New Economics – A Manifesto

It is written not to interpret economics, but to change it. Financial Times In this punchy and passionate book, Steve Keen deftly unravels the fundamentals of neoclassical economics - and then starts to weave together the mindset, models and maths of an economics that actually works. For any student of economic modelling who wants to help create tools that are fit for the twenty-first century, this is the handbook and call to action you have been waiting for. Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics