The ABCs of Political Economy: A Modern Approach

Lucidly written, comprehensive in coverage, based on expert understanding and insight' - Noam Chomsky 'Most economists worship the market, describing it as a fair, impersonal arbiter of efficiency. Robin Hahnel brilliantly debunks this religion, providing powerful explanations of market failures on both micro- and macroeconomic levels. He combines clear exposition and mathematical illustration with a compelling passion for progressive social change' - Nancy Folbre, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts 'Must our economic lives be dominated by greed and competition? Free market economists have long answered 'yes'. The ABCs of Political Economy shows that what they 'know' is not so. Robin Hahnel writes with clarity, originality, verve and a relentless moral passion' - Robert Pollin, Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 'A visionary book ahead of its time. In this second edition Robin Hahnel has done a masterful job analysing the momentous economic, social, political, and environmental events of the past decade and integrating his findings into the work. A stimulating, creative and important contribution to help us all answer the question: 'What is to be done?' in a bold, yet actionable way' - Gar Alperovitz, author of What Then Must We Do? and America Beyond Capitalism is Lionel R. Bauman Professor of Political Economy at the University of Maryland and Co-founder of the Democracy Collaborative

Author: Robin Hahnel
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Published: 01/15/2015
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780745334974

Review Citation(s):
Choice 07/01/2015

About the Author
Robin Hahnel is Professor Emeritus of Economics at American University in Washington DC, USA. He is co-author (with Michael Albert) of Unorthodox Marxism (South End Press 1978) and The Political Economy of Participatory Economics (Princeton University Press 1991), and author of Economic Justice and Democracy (Routledge 2005), Green Economics (M.E. Sharpe 2011), and Of the People, By the People: The Case for a Participatory Economy (AK Press 2012).

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