From Political Economy to Economics by Dimitris Milonakis

From Political Economy to Economics by Dimitris Milonakis

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Argues that economics has become a monolithic science, variously described as formalistic and autistic with neoclassical orthodoxy reigning supreme. This book details how political economy became economics through the desocialisation and the dehistoricisation of the dismal science, accompanied by its separation from the other social sciences.

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From Political Economy to Economics by Dimitris Milonakis

Argues that economics has become a monolithic science, variously described as formalistic and autistic with neoclassical orthodoxy reigning supreme. This book details how political economy became economics through the desocialisation and the dehistoricisation of the dismal science, accompanied by its separation from the other social sciences.

Winner of the Gunnar Myrdal Prize for 2009

Dimitris Milonakis is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Crete.

Ben Fine is Professor of Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

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ISBN 13 9780415423212
ISBN 10 041542321X
Title From Political Economy to Economics
Author Dimitris Milonakis
Series Economics As Social Theory
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2008-10-28
Number of pages 392
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