Heterodox Economic Teaching Material
- Introductions to Heterodox Economics and Political Economy
- Textbooks and introductions
- Introductions to Specific Heterodox Approaches
- Introductions to Ecological Economics
- Introductions to Feminist Economics
- Introductions to Institutionalist Economics
- Introductions to Post Keynesian Economics
- Introductions to Radical Economics
- Introductions to Social Economics
Heterodox Economic Teaching Material↑
Introductions to Heterodox Economics and Political Economy↑
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↑
Introductions to Ecological Economics↑
Clive L. Spash (2024) Foundations of social ecological economics: The fight for revolutionary change in economic thought. Manchester University Press
Costanza, Robert, Cumberland, John, Daly, Herman, Goodland, Robert and Norgaard, Richard (2014): An Introduction to Ecological Economics. CRC Press
Daly, Herman E. and Farley, Joshua (2010): Ecological Economics: Principles and Applications, Second Edition. Island Press
Daly, Herman E. and Cobb Jr., John B. (1994): For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy Toward Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future. Beacon Press
Schumacher, E.F. (1973): Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered
Jonathan M., Roach, Brian (2022) Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, A Contemporary Approach, 5th Edition, Routledge, New York.
Introductions to Feminist Economics↑
Ferber, Marianne A. and Nelson, Julie A. (1993, eds): Beyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and Economics. University Of Chicago Press
Ferber, Marianne A. and Nelson, Julie A. (2003, eds): Feminist Economics Today: Beyond Economic Man. University Of Chicago Press
Peterson, Janice and Lewis, Margaret (2001, eds): The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics. Edward Elgar
Kuiper, Edith and Sap, Jolande with Feiner, Susan, Ott, Notburga and Tzannatos, Zafiris (1995, eds): Out of the Margin: Feminist Perspectives on Economics. Routledge
Folbre, Nancy (2001): The Invisible Heart: Economics and Family Values. NY Times
Introductions to Institutionalist Economics↑
Chavance, Bernard (2013): Institutional Economics. Routledge
Ayres, Clarence E. (1996): The Theory of Economic Progress
Galbraith: John Kenneth (1973): Economics and the Public Purpose. Houghton Mifflin Company
Groenewegen, John, Spithoven, Antoon and vad den Berg, Annette (2010): Institutional Economics: An Introduction. Palgrave Macmillan
Kapp, William K. (2011; edited by: Sebastian Berger and Rolf Steppacher): The Foundations of Institutional Economics. Routledge.
Kasper, Wolfgang, Streit, Manfred E. and Boettke, Peter J.: Institutional Economics: Property, Competition, Policies, (2nd Edition). Edward Elgar Publishing
O’Hara, Phillip Anthony (2022) Principles of Institutional and Evolutionary Political Economy: Applied to Current World Problems Springer Texts in Business and Economics, Singapore.
Tool, Marc R. (2000): The Discretionary Economy: A Normative Theory of Political Economy. Transaction Publishing
Vatn, Arild (2005): Institutions and the Environment. Edward Elgar Publishing
Veblen, Thorstein (1973): The Theory of the Leisure Class
Introductions to Post Keynesian Economics ↑
Bellino, Enrico (2021): Production, Value, and Distribution: A Classical-Keynesian Approach. Routledge.
Bober, Stanley (2001): Alternative Principles of Economics. Routledge
Davidson, Paul (2011): Post Keynesian Macroeconomic Theory, Second Edition. Edward Elgar Publishing
Harcourt, G. C. and Kriesler, Peter (2013): The Oxford Handbook of Post-Keynesian Economics, Volume 2: Critiques and Methodology. Oxford University Press
Hein, Eckhard and Stockhammer, Engelbert (2011): A Modern Guide to Keynesian Macroeconomics and Economic Policies. Edward Elgar Publishing
Hein, Eckhard (2014): Distribution and Growth after Keynes: A Post-Keynesian Guide, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
Hein, Eckhard (2023): Macroeconomics after Kalecki and Keynes: Post-Keynesian Foundations, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
Holt, Richard and Pressman, Steven (2001): A New Guide to post Keynesian Economics. Routledge
King, JE 2015, Advanced Introduction to Post Keynesian Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing
Lavoie, Marc (2022): Post-Keynesian Economics : New Foundations, 2nd Edition, Edward Elgar Publishing
Lee, Frederic S. (1999): Post Keynesian Price Theory. Cambridge University Press
A structured post-Keynesian reading list (by PKES) https://www.postkeynesian.net/readinglist/
Introductions to Radical Economics↑
Baiman, Ron, Boushey, Heather and Saunders, Dawn (2000): Political Economy and Contemporary Capitalism: Radical Perspectives on Economic Theory and Policy. Routledge
Barone, Charles A. (2004): Radical Political Economy: A Concise Introduction. Routledge
Braverman, Harry (1974): Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century
Heilbroner, Robert L. (1980): Marxism for and Against
Sweezy, Paul M. (1968): The Theory of Capitalist Development: Principles of Marxian Political Economy
Wolff, Richard D. and Resnick, Stephen A. (1987): Economics: Marxian Versus Neoclassical
Whalen, Charles J. (1996): Political Economy for the 21st Century: Contemporary Views on the Trend of Economics. Routledge
Introductions to Social Economics↑
Etzioni, Amitai (1988): The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics
O'Boyle, Edward J. (1999, ed): Teaching the Social Economics Way of Thinking: Selected Papers from the Ninth World Congress of Social Economics. Mellen Press
Lutz, Mark A. (1999): Economics for the Common Good: Two Centuries of Social Economic Thought in the Humanistic Tradition. Routledge