Heterodox Economic Teaching Material

Textbooks and introductions↑

Ardalan, Kavous (2017): Paradigms in Political Economy. Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Paradigms-in-Political-Economy/Ardalan/p/book/9781138954595

Bougrine, Hassan, Parker, Ian and Seccareccia, Mario (2010): Introducing Microeconomic Analysis: Issues, Questions, and Competing Views. Emond Montgomery Publications

Bowles, Samuel, Roosevelt, Frank, Edwards, Richard and Larudee, Mehrene (2017): Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Change (Fourth Edition). Oxford University Press

Brenner, Robert (2006): The Economics of Global Turbulence. VersoBooks

Cesaratto, Sergio (2020): Heterodox Challenges in Economics – Theoretical Issues and the Crisis of the Eurozone. Springer Nature Switzerland, Cham

Chang, Ha-Joon (2014): Economics: A User's Guide. Pelican Books. Pelican

Chang, Ha-Joon (2011): 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism. Penguin

Chang, Ha-Joon (2010): Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism. Bloomsbury Publishing

Chang, Ha-Joon (2002): Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective. Anthem Press

Chester, David (2015): Consequential Macroeconomics: Rationalizing About How Our Social System Works. Lambert Academic Publishing

Cohn, Steven Mark (2007): Reintroducing Macroeconomics: A Critical Approach, 3rd edition. Routledge

Desai, Radhika (2013): Geopolitical Economy: After US Hegemony, Globalization and Empire. Pluto Press

Dorman, Peter (2014): Microeconomics: A Fresh Start. Springer

Dowd, Douglas F. (1977): Thorstein Veblen: A Critical Reappraisal. Greenwood Press

Earl, Peter and Wakeley, Tim (2004): Business Economics: A Contemporary. McGraw Hill.

Elsner, Wolfram, Schwardt, Henning and Heinrich, Torsten (2014): The Microeconomics of Complex Economies, 1st Edition: Evolutionary, Institutional, Neoclassical, and Complexity Perspectives. Elsevier

Elsner, Wolfram (2012): Microeconomics of Interactive Economies: Evolutionary, Institutional, and Complexity Perspectives. Edward Elgar Publishing

Fine, Ben (2016): Microeconomics: A Critical Companion. Pluto Press

Fine, Ben and Dimakou, Ourania (2016): Macroeconomics: A Critical Companion. Pluto Press

Furey, Kevin (2019): The Economics of Poverty. Chemeketa Press.

Friedman, Gerald (2014): Microeconomics: Individual Choice in Communities. Dollars & Sense

Gürak, Hasan (2015): Economic Growth and Development: Theories, Criticisms and an Alternative Growth Model. Peter Lang

Gürak, Hasan (2012): Heterodox Economics: Foundations of Alternative Economics. Peter Lang

Goodwin, Neva, Harris, Jonathan M., Nelson, Julie A., Joshi Rajkarnikar, Pratistha, Roach, Brian, Torras, Mariano. (2023) Microeconomics in Context, Fifth Edition, Routledge New York. 

Goodwin, Neva, Harris, Jonathan M., Nelson, Julie A., Joshi Rajkarnikar, Pratistha, Roach, Brian, Torras, Mariano. (2023) Macroeconomics in Context, Fourth Edition, Routledge, New York.

Goodwin, Neva, Harris, Jonathan M., Nelson, Julie A., Joshi Rajkarnikar, Pratistha, Roach, Brian, Torras, Mariano. (2020) Principles of Economics in Context, Second Edition, Routledge, New York.

Goodwin, Neva, Harris, Jonathan M., Joshi Rajkarnikar, Pratistha, Roach, Brian, and Thornton, Tim (Forthcoming 2025)Essentials of Economics in Context, Second Edition. Routledge, New York.

Harris, Jonathan M., Roach, Brian. (2022) Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, A Contemporary Approach, 5th Edition, Routledge, New York.

Hill, Rod and Myatt, Tony (2021) The Microeconomics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide, Second Edition, Bloomsbury Publishing.

Myatt, Tony (2022) The Macroeconomics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide, Bloomsbury Publishing.

Himmelweit, Susan, Simonetti, Roberto and Trigg, Andrew (2001): Microeconomics: Neoclassical and Institutional Perspectives on Economic Behaviour.  Cengage Learning

Ingham, Geoffrey (2008): Capitalism: With a New Postscript on the Financial Crisis and Its Aftermath. Polity

Katzner, Donald (2008): An Introduction to the Economic Theory of Market Behavior: Microeconomics from a Walrasian Perspective. Edward Elgar Publishing

Keen, Steve (2011): Debunking Economics, 2nd edition. Zed Books

Komlos, John (2014): What Every Economics Student Needs to Know and Doesn't Get in the Usual Principles Text. Routledge

Larson, Rob, Reuss, Alejandro, Snyder, Bryan, Sturr, Chris and the D&S Collective (2014, eds): Real World Micro, 21st edition. Dollars & Sense

Lee, Frederic S. (2014): Microeconomic Theory: A Heterodox Approach. Routledge

Magnusen, Joel (2008): Mindful Economics: How the US Economy Works, Why it Matters, and How it Could be Different. Seven Stories Press

Miller, John, Sherman, Zoe, Snyder, Bryan, Sturr, Chris and the D&S Collective (2014, eds): Real World Macro, 31st edition. Dollars & Sense

Miller, Raymond C. (2008): International Political Economy: Contrasting World Views. Routledge

Petri, Fabio (2021): Microeconomics for the Critical Mind - Mainstream and Heterodox Analyses. Springer.

Prante, Franz, Bramucci, Alessandro, Hein, Eckhard, Truger, Achim (2023): Introduction to Macroeconomics: Pluralist and Interactive, Berlin: HWR Berlin, https://eng.mgwk.de/

Riddell, Tom, Shackelford, Jean, Stamos, Steve and Schneider, Geoffrey (2011): Economics: A Tool for Critically Understanding Society, 9th edition. Prentice Hall

Rochon, Louis-Philippe,  Rossi, Sergio (2016): An Introduction to Macroeconomics: A Heterodox Approach to Economic Analysis. Edward Elgar

Sackrey, Charles, Schneider, Geoffrey and Knoedler, Janet (2013): Introduction to Political Economy, 7th edition. Dollars & Sense

Scarth, William (2014): Macroeconomics: The Development of Modern Methods for Policy Analysis. Edward Elgar Publishing

Sherman, Howard J. (2010): The Roller Coaster Economy: Financial Crisis, Great Recession, and the Public Option. Routledge

Sherman, Howard J.,Hunt, E.K., Nesiba, Reynold F., O'Hara, Phillip A. and Wiens-Tuers, Barbara A. (2008): Economics: An Introduction to Traditional and Progressive Views, 7th edition. Routledge

Stanford, Jim (2008): Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism. Pluto Books

Stretton, Hugh (1999): Economics: A New Introduction. Pluto Press

Thomas, Alex M. (2021): Macroeconomics: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press.

Toruno, Mayo (2003): The Political Economics of Capitalism. Cengage Learning

Varoufakis, Yanis (1998): Foundations of Economics: A Beginner's Companion. Routledge

Weeks, John F. (2014): Economics of the 1%: How Mainstream Economics Serves the Rich, Obscures Reality and Distorts Policy. Anthem Press

Wolff, Richard D. and Resnick,  Stephen A. (2012): Contending Economic Theories: Neo-classical, Keynesian, and Marxian. MIT Press

Wolff, Richard D. (2012): Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism. Haymarket Books

"Frontier Issues in Economic Thought" is a collection of six edited volumes by researchers associated with the Global Development and Environment Institute. Each volume contains about fifty to one hundred short summaries of key book chapters and journal articles presenting largely heterodox views of the volume's topic area. The individual volume titles are: A Survey of Ecological Economics, The Consumer Society, Human Well-Being and Economic Goals, The Changing Nature of Work, The Political Economy of Inequality, and A Survey of Sustainable Development: Social and Economic Dimensions.

The Real World series (includes Real World Macro, RW Micro, RW Banking, RW Globalization, RW Latin America) and other textbooks are anthologies of the best writing from Dollars & Sense magazine that challenge economic orthodoxies with well-researched and easily accessible articles.

Introductions to Specific Heterodox Approaches↑