Contending Economic Theories av Richard D. Wolff, Stephen A. Resnick

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<b>A systematic comparison of the three major economic theories, showing how they differ and why these differences matter in shaping economic theory and practice.</b><p><i>Contending Economic Theories</i> offers a unique comparative treatment of the three main theories in economics as it is taught today: neoclassical, Keynesian, and Marxian. Each is developed and discussed in its own chapter, yet also differentiated from and compared to the other two theories. The authors identify each theory''s starting point, its goals and foci, and its internal logic. They connect their comparative theory analysis to the larger policy issues that divide the rival camps of theorists around such central issues as the role government should play in the economy and the class structure of production, stressing the different analytical, policy, and social decisions that flow from each theory''s conceptualization of economics.</p><p>The authors, building on their earlier book <i>Economics: Marxian versus N