Money and Government: The Past and Future of Economics

by Robert Skidelsky

Book Overview

A critical examination of economics' past and future, and how it needs to change, by one of the most eminent political economists of our time

The dominant view in economics is that money and government should play only minor roles in economic life. Economic outcomes, it is claimed, are best left to the "invisible hand" of the market. Yet these claims remain staunchly unsettled. The view taken in this important new book is that the omnipresence...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300240325
• ISBN13: 9780300240320
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"