Economic Ironies Throughout History: Applied Philosophical Insights for Modern Life - Hardcover

Szenberg, Michael; Ramrattan, L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137450819 ISBN 13: 9781137450814

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Synopsis

Economics for Alfred Marshall, the last of the classical economists, is concerned with activities in the ordinary business of life. In that milieu, we find conflicts and chaotic behavior among people, firms, and countries, which make them conduct their affairs in different, and sometimes, ironic ways. Economic Ironies Throughout History explores, explains, predicts, and harnesses these ironies for economists and scholars alike. Szenberg and Ramrattan distill their core economic ironies from a vast history of philosophy and literature that applies to economic thought. They include philosophical, psychological, literary and linguistic discussions and the personalities behind those ideas such as Socrates, Kierkegaard, Hume, Freud, Jung, Saussure, and Barthes. This book is ideal for economists as well as scholars across the business, social science, and humanities fields.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael Szenberg is Chair and Distinguished Professor of Business and Economics at Lander College of Arts and Sciences, Touro College and University System, USA. 
Lall Ramrattan is Instructor at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a PhD from the New School for Social Research, USA.

Review:

"Economic Ironies Throughout History is a richly sourced treatise that can be appreciated at several levels: a beautiful supply of stories and anecdotes that illustrate ironies throughout the ages; a thoughtful commentary on ironic speech and behavior; and a probing inquiry into the psychological and philosophical roots of irony." - Victor R. Fuchs, Henry J. Kaiser, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics and Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University, USA "Economic Ironies Throughout History provides an excellent example of the interdisciplinary nature of economics with the other social sciences. For those of us with a narrow view of the term irony, Szenberg and Ramrattan teach us the diverse meanings of irony and related implications. For those of us with a full understanding of the term, we learn how irony applies to the study of human behavior from the economic, social, and political realms." - Mary Ellen Benedict, Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Bowling Green State University, USA

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1137450819
• ISBN 13: 9781137450814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 211