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    Theoretical Analysis of the Works of Ludwig von Mises and Gary Becker

    Series series Routledge Foundations of the Market Economy
    The defence of the market and economic freedom have been the main objectives of the investigations by liberal thinkers such as Milton Friedman, Gary Becker, F Hayek and L Von Mises. Bearing in mind that the first two economists are the maximum exponents of the Chicago School and the last two of the Austrian School, it is often concluded that the theories of both schools are similar. This book ... Read more

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  • Philosophical Foundations of Economic Reality

    Anthropological, Ethical and Metaphysical

    Series series Routledge Studies in Economic Theory, Method and Philosophy
    The dominant paradigm of the economy is based on homo economicus and its positivist, mechanistic and utilitarian approach. This leads to a form of ‘technical liberalism’, advocating a market without society in which individuals are reduced to property rights and data subject to commercial transaction.This book argues for a reconceptualisation of the philosophical foundations of economic reality in ... Read more

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  • Human Action, Economics, and Ethics

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    In the economical changing and political disturbing times we are living a question concerns us all: Is this the society I want to live in? What are the opportunities I have to pursue in my socio-cultural environment? Which echoes the ancient Greek ethical questions: What is the best city to live in? What do I want to do with my live?In this book the author goes back to the primary reality of our ... Read more

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    An Aristotelian Approach

    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book develops a philosophical analysis of economic reality and economic science from an Aristotelian point of view. It is the result of many years of thinking and philosophical study about these topics. It differs from other philosophy of economics books as it also deals with economic reality (not only the science) and approaches its subject from an Aristotelian perspective. It differs from ... Read more

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  • Philosophy of Economics

    A Contemporary Introduction

    by Julian Reiss ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in economics, and presents detailed discussions of the solutions that have been offered.Throughout, philosophical issues are illustrated by and analysed in the context of concrete cases drawn from ... Read more

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  • Designs for the Pluriverse

    Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds

    Series series New Ecologies for the Twenty-First Century
    In Designs for the Pluriverse Arturo Escobar presents a new vision of design theory and practice aimed at channeling design's world-making capacity toward ways of being and doing that are deeply attuned to justice and the Earth. Noting that most design—from consumer goods and digital technologies to built environments—currently serves capitalist ends, Escobar argues for the development of an ... Read more

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  • Reclaiming Marx's 'Capital'

    A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency

    by Andrew Kliman ...
    Series series The Raya Dunayevskaya Series in Marxism and Humanism
    This book seeks to reclaim Capital from the myth of internal inconsistency, a myth that serves to justify the censorship of Marx's critique of political economy and present-day research based upon it. Andrew Kliman shows that the alleged inconsistencies are actually caused by misinterpretation. By modifying the standard interpretation of Marx's value theory in two simple ways, the recent 'temporal ... Read more

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  • Agency and Causal Explanation in Economics

    Edited by Peter Róna, László Zsolnai ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This open access book provides an exploration of the consequences of the ontological differences between natural and social objects (sometimes described as objects of nature and objects of thought) in the workings of causal and agency relationships. One of its important and possibly original conclusions is that causal and agency relationships do not encompass all of the dependent relationships ... Read more

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  • Why Things Matter to People

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    by Andrew Sayer ...
    Andrew Sayer undertakes a fundamental critique of social science's difficulties in acknowledging that people's relation to the world is one of concern. As sentient beings, capable of flourishing and suffering, and particularly vulnerable to how others treat us, our view of the world is substantially evaluative. Yet modernist ways of thinking encourage the common but extraordinary belief that ... Read more

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  • Philosophy for Life: Teach Yourself

    The Ideas That Shape Our World and How To Use Them

    by Mel Thompson ...
    Philosophy For Life is the definitive introduction to the history of Western thought, but more than that, it is a toolkit for using philosophy in your daily life.As you read, you will develop your own critical and creative thinking, exploring the key ideas in Western Philosophy and the arguments that continue to shape our world. You will discover what philosophy is really about, learn to be a ... Read more

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  • Trust and Power

    In this important book, Niklas Luhmann uses his powers as an analyst of the social system to examine two of the most important concepts which hold that system together and allow it to evolve: trust and power. He criticises those theoretical accounts whose roots lie in what he refers to as ideologies – accounts which use implicit beliefs in particular conceptions of human nature to explain and ... Read more

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  • Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes

    Theorizing Coalition Against Multiple Oppressions

    Series series Feminist Constructions
    María Lugones, one of the premiere figures in feminist philosophy, has at last collected some of her most famous essays, as well as some lesser-known gems, into her first book, Pilgrimages/Peregrinajes. A deeply original essayist, Lugones writes from her own perspective as an inhabitant of a number of different "worlds."Born in Argentina but living for a number of years in the United States, she ... Read more

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