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9781137450814

Economic Ironies Throughout History Applied Philosophical Insights for Modern Life

by Szenberg, Michael; Ramrattan, Lall
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    9781137450814

  • ISBN10:

    1137450819

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  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2014-12-04
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Michael Szenberg is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Chair of the Business and Economics department at Touro College and University System, USA. Professor Szenberg is a recipient of many awards, including the 2013 John R. Commons Award, 2013 Homer and Charles Pace Award, 1983 Kenan Award for excellence in teaching, and the 1971 Irving Fisher Monograph Award. He also served as the editor in chief of The American Economist from 1973 to 2011.

Lall Ramrattan is an instructor at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He holds a Ph.D from the New School for Social Research, USA. He has published articles in several major journals and has served as an associate editor of The American Economist.

Table of Contents

PART I: HISTORICAL AND LOGICAL ASPECTS OF IRONY
1. Introduction
2. Definitions of Irony
3. Irony over Historical Periods
4. Examples of Irony in the Humanities
5. Examples of Irony in Philosophy on the World Stage
PART II: APPLICATION OF IRONIES
6 General Ironies
7. Judeo-Christian Religion and Ethics
8. Judaism
9. Culture
10. Human Spirit
11. Luck
12. Politics and War
13. Money
14. Contradictory Aphorisms

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