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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Good overview of the classical political economists, especially Marx. 20th Century economists were a bit brief, but well written and understandable. The marginalists section was probably the most convoluted, maybe it’s just the nature of the school itself - but this could have focused more on specific characters rather than brush strokes. ( ) I didn't really agree with Foley's reading of Adam Smith, but at least in reading this book I was motivated to read the whole thing of Smith's [b:An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations|20654333|An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations|Adam Smith|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1391049951s/20654333.jpg|1373762] to better understand Smith's arguments. The term refers to the idea that private selfishness of individuals translates to a public good in the aggregate. At the end of my reading, I don’t have many conclusions really. I’ve got an idea of further reading I want to delve into. I’ve got enough information from this book to start drawing a map of where I want to go. But it’s certainly not enough to draw any conclusions beyond a confirmation from a fairly eminent economist that my distaste with my econ professor was justified. And a bit more ability to make my distaste cogent in argument form. (Full review at my blog,) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
This book could be called "The Intelligent Person's Guide to Economics." The title expresses Duncan Foley's belief that economics at its most abstract and interesting level is a speculative philosophical discourse, not a deductive or inductive science. Adam's fallacy is the attempt to separate the economic sphere of life, in which the pursuit of self-interest is led by the invisible hand of the market to a socially beneficial outcome, from the rest of social life, in which the pursuit of self-interest is morally problematic and has to be weighed against other ends. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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