Savage Economics

by David L. Blaney, Naeem Inayatullah

This innovative book challenges the most powerful and pervasive ideas concerning political economy, international relations, and ethics in the modern world. Rereading classical authors including Adam Smith, James Steuart, Adam Ferguson, Hegel, and Marx, it provides a systematic and fundamental cultural critique of political economy and critically describes the nature of the mainstream understanding of economics. Blaney and Inayatullah construct a powerful argument about how political economy and the capitalist market economy should be understood, demonstrating that poverty is a product of capitalism itself. They address the Opening the way for radically different policies addressing poverty and demanding a rethink of the connections between political economy and international relations, this thought-provoking book is vital reading for students and scholars of politics, economics, IPE and international relations.

Genres: Economics

246 pages, Hardcover

First published December 9, 2009

Reviews

[Gregory Tilden]

I wish this could have been written in a less academic, more creatively-oriented writing style, but such is contemporary politics. Of all writing in this field, this is my favorite that I've read and it flipped many of my assumptions upside down in a most monumental and thought-provoking way.