Overview
- Provides a radical critique of mainstream neoclassical economics as well as “soft’ heterodox economics
- Uses Marxist theories to interpret the current capitalist crisis, wars, and destruction of the environment
- Advocates for socialist transitions away from the capitalist economy to protect humanity and the environment
Part of the book series: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms (MAENMA)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Toward a Radical Criticism of Mainstream Economics
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The Limitations of the “Soft Heterodoxies” in Economics
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Toward a Marxist Analysis of Contemporary Capitalism
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Back Matter
Keywords
- capitalism
- economic crisis
- capital
- marxist economics
- Marx
- neo-Keynesian
- neo-institutionalist
- economic theory
- homo oeconomicus
- Keynesianism
- Marxist theory
- reformist economics
- capitalist economy
- transition from capitalism
- radical politics
- Keynes
- Money and crisis
- Socialist Transition
- socialism
- Soft Heterodoxies
About this book
This book provides analytical arguments that demonstrate the necessity to go beyond not only mainstream economics but also, and especially, the capitalist economy itself. It provides a radical critique of mainstream economics, comparing it to an unscientific form of single thought, and applies this criticism to the specific fields of growth, development, the institutions, defense, or the environment. It targets both neoclassical economics and reformist “soft heterodox” currents, from neoinstitutionalists to neo-Keynesians—including Thomas Piketty or Amartya Sen, among others. In doing so, it rejects Keynes’ theories of money, the crisis, and the state. It then offers a Marxist interpretation of the current crisis of capitalism, considering it as a systemic crisis without solutions internal to its own logic and dynamics, and emphasizes the links between this capitalist crisis and imperialist wars, and the destruction of the environment and natural resources by capital. The book concludes by arguing that we must find the necessary theoretical and practical alternatives in a Marxist perspective, advocating for socialist transitions away from the capitalist economy to protect humanity and the environment.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Rémy Herrera is an economist and researcher at the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research) and teaches Ph.D. students in Economics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Confronting Mainstream Economics for Overcoming Capitalism
Authors: Rémy Herrera
Series Title: Marx, Engels, and Marxisms
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05851-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05850-9Published: 07 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-05853-0Published: 08 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-05851-6Published: 06 July 2022
Series ISSN: 2524-7123
Series E-ISSN: 2524-7131
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 347
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Political Economy, Political Theory, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Political Sociology