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Book reviews in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter
This section collects all book reviews published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter over the past years.
Foundations of Real-World Economics: What Every Economics Student Needs to Know (2019)
- By John Komlos, Routledge, New York; ISBN 978-1-3515-8470-8; 292 pages.
- Reviewed by Joseph Dipoli
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 264, June 1, 2020
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The Dissolution of the Financial State: A Marxian Explanation of the Political Economy Since the 1930s (2015)
- By Simon Mouatt, Lexington Books, New York; ISBN 978-0-7391-9037-1; 258 pages.
- Reviewed by Victor M. Isidro Luna
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 259, February 17, 2020
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Corporate Taxation and Social Responsibility (2017)
- By Axel Hilling and Daniel T. Ostas, Wolters Kluwer, Inbunden: 2017; ISBN: 978-91-39-11482-6; 170 pages.
- Reviewed by Aidan Rankin
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 247, May 20, 2019
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Cents and Sensibility - What Economics Can Learn from the Humanities (2017)
- By Gary S. Morson and Morton Schapiro, Princeton University Press: 2017; ISBN: 9780691176680; 307 pages.
- Reviewed by Sebastian Berger
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 234, August 20, 2018
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The Knowledge We Have Lost in Information: The History of Information in Modern Economics (2017)
- By Philip Mirowski and Edward Nik-Khah, Oxford University Press: 2017; ISBN: 9780190270056; 298 pages.
- Reviewed by Sebastian Berger
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 227, March 12, 2018
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Capitalism: Competition, Conflict, Crises (2016)
- By Anwar Shaikh. Oxford University Press, USA: 2016; ISBN-10: 0199390630, ISBN-13: 978-0199390632; 1024 pages.
- Reviewed by Juan E. Santarcángelo
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 223, December 18, 2017
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Power and Neoclassical Economics: A Return to Political Economy in the Teaching of Economics (2016)
- By Adam Ozanne. London, UK: Palgrave, 2016; ISBN: 978-1-137-55372-0; 101 pages.
- Reviewed by Andrew Mearman, University of Leeds.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 195, April 11, 2016
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Oiling the Urban Economy: Land, labour, capital, and the state in Sekondi-Takoradi (2014)
- By Franklin Obeng-Odoom, New York, NY: Routledge, 2014; ISBN: 978-0-415-74409-6, 192 pages.
- Reviewed by Reviewed by Frances Osei-Bonsu, Denison University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 190, December 28, 2015
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Arab Development Denied: Dynamics of Accumulation by Wars of Encroachment (2014)
- By Ali Kadri, New York, NY: Anthem Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-783-08267-4. 259 pages.
- Reviewed by Reviewed by Aqdas Afzal, University of Missouri.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 173, December 15, 2014
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Economic Reform Now: A Global Manifesto to Rescue Our Sinking Economies (2013)
- By Heiner Flassbeck, Paul Davidson, James K. Galbraith, Richard Koo, and Jayati Ghosh. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-137-36165-3; 180 pages.
- Reviewed by Reviewed by Luis Reyes, Centre d’Economie Paris Nord, Paris 13 University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 170, October 13, 2014
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Capital in the 21st century (2014)
- By Thomas Piketty. Harvard University Press, 2014. ISBN: 978-0674430006; 685 pages.
- Reviewed by Reviewed by Jakob Kapeller, Johannes Kepler University of Linz.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 166, July 7, 2014
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Austerity: The History of A Dangerous Idea (2013)
- By Mark Blyth. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-19-982830-2; 288 pages.
- Reviewed by Reviewed by Hans G. Despain, Nichols College.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 164, May 26, 2014
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End This Depression Now (2013)
- By Paul Krugman. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-393-34508-7; 259 pages.
- Reviewed by Luis Reyes, Centre d’Economie Paris Nord, Paris 13 University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 164, May 26, 2014
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The Price Of Inequality (2012)
- By Joseph Stiglitz. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2012. ISBN: 978-0-393-08869-4; 414 pages.
- Reviewed by Alexander Binder, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 164, May 26, 2014
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Principles of Macroeconomics: Activist vs. Austerity Policies (2013)
- By Howard Sherman and Michael Meeropol. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2013. ISBN: 9780765636126; 408 pages.
- Reviewed by Dorene Isenberg, University of Redlands
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 154, October 28, 2013
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The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics: Lessons from Japan’s Great Recession (2009)
- by Richard Koo. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2009. ISBN: 978-0-470-82387-3; 320 pages.
- Reviewed by Luis Reyes, Centre d’Economie Paris Nord, Paris 13 University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 154, October 28, 2013
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The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis (2013)
- By Ben S. Bernanke, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2013. vii + 134 pp. (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-691-15873-0.
- Reviewed by Kris James Mitchener, Department of Economics, University of Warwick.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 151, August 26, 2013
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The Federal Reserve and the Financial Crisis (2013)
- By Ben S. Bernanke, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2013. vii + 134 pp. (hardcover), ISBN: 978-0-691-15873-0.
- Reviewed by Kris James Mitchener, Department of Economics, University of Warwick.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 151, August 26, 2013
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Interfaces On Trial 2.0 (2011)
- By Jonathan Band and Masanobu Katoh, 2011, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press; ISBN: 978-0-262-01500-4; 248 pages.
- Reviewed by Erik Dean, Portland Community College
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 150, August 5, 2013
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The Post-American World (2009)
- By Fareed Zakaria, New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2009. 292 pages; ISBN: 978-0-393-33480-7.
- Reviewed by Rana Odeh, Wright State University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 150, August 5, 2013
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Tunisia: Stability and Reform in the Modern Maghreb (2010)
- By Christopher Alexander, New York, NY: Routledge, 2010. 160 pages; ISBN: 978-0-415-48330-8.
- Reviewed for the Heterodox Economics Newsletter by Umeshi Rajeendra, Denison University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 150, August 5, 2013
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Epic Recession: Prelude to Global Depression (2010)
- By Jack Rasmus, New York, NY: Pluto Press, 2010. 340 pages; ISBN 978-0-7453-2999-7.
- Reviewed by Yiqing Tang, Denison University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 150, August 5, 2013
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A Renegade History of the United States (2010)
- By Thaddeus Russell, New York, NY: Free Press, 2010; ISBN: 978-4165-7106-3, 382 pages.
- Reviewed by Cameron M. Weber, New School for Social Research.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 150, August 5, 2013
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Reforming the World Monetary System: Fritz Machlup and the Bellagio Group (2013)
- By Carol M. Connell. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2013. ISBN: 978-1-84893-360-6.; 271 pp.
- Reviewed by Herbert Grubel, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 149, July 15, 2013
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John Maynard Keynes (2012)
- By Vincent Barnett. London: Routledge, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-415-56770-1; 301 pages
- Reviewed by Susan Howson, Department of Economics, University of Toronto.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 149, April 29, 2013
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Keynes’s General Theory for Today: Contemporary Perspectives (2012)
- Edited by Jesper Jespersen and Mogens Ove Madsen. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2012, ISBN: 978-1-78100-951-2; 237 pages.
- Reviewed by Paul Davidson, Department of Economics, University of Tennessee
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 146, April 29, 2013
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- Edited by Leonardo Becchetti and Carlo Borzaga. New York, NY: Routledge, 2012, ISBN: 978-0-415-63234-8; 219 pages.
- Reviewed by Benjamin C. Wilson, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 143, Feb. 25, 2013
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Valuing the Unique: Economics of Singularities (2010)
- By Lucien Karpik. Translated from the French by Nora Scott. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780691137100; 280 pages.
- Reviewed by Cameron M. Weber, New School for Social Research
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 143, Feb. 25, 2013
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Remaking Scarcity: From Capitalist Inefficiency To Economic Democracy (2011)
- By Costas Panayotakis, London, U.K.: Pluto Press, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-7453-3099-0; 224 pages.
- Reviewed by Adel Daoud (University of Gothenburg)
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 134, August 13, 2012
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Financial Instability and Economic Security after the Great Recession (2011)
- Edited by Charles J. Whalen. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-85793-483-3; xiv, 219 pages.
- Reviewed by Ric Holt, Southern Oregon University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 133, July 16, 2012
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How Wall Street Fleeces America: Privatized Banking, Government Collusion and Class War (2011)
- By Stephen Lendman, Atlanta, GA: Clarity Press, 2011; 190 pages. ISBN: 978-0-9833539-4-2.
- Reviewed by Bernard Chen, American University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 133, July 16, 2012
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Debunking Economics: The Naked Emperor Dethroned? (2011)
- By Steve Keen, New York, NY: Zed Books, 2nd edition, 2011. 554 pp.; ISBN-13: 978-1848139923.
- Reviewed by Tanweer Ali, Empire State College, State University of New York.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 122, November 7, 2011
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Instituciones, Desarrollo y Regiones: El Caso de Colombia (2011)
- By Jairo Parada-Corrales, Ediciones UniNorte, Barranquilla, Atl ntico, Colombia, 2011.
- Reviewed by William R. Baca-Mejia, University of Missouri-Kansas City.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 122, November 7, 2011
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Postmodern Imperialism: Geopolitics and the Great Games (2011)
- By Eric Walberg, Atlanta, GA: Clarity Press, 2011. 283 pp; ISBN 978-0-9833539-3-5.
- Reviewed by Sara Bencic, Denison University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 122, November 7, 2011
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International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption (2007)
- Edited by Susan Rose-Ackerman, Edward Elgar, 2007; ISBN: 978-1847207456; 656 pages.
- Reviewed by Sara Hsu, SUNY New Paltz
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 118, August 15, 2011
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Green Economics: Confronting the Ecological Crisis (2011)
- By Robin Hahnel, M.E. Sharpe, 2011; ISBN: 978-0-7656-2796-4, 258 pages.
- Reviewed by Scott L.B. McConnell, University of Missouri Kansas City.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 118, August 15, 2011
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13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown (2010)
- By Simon Johnson and James Kwak, Pantheon Books, New York, 2010. ISBN 978-0-307-37905; 304 pages.
- Reviewed by Avraham Izhar Baranes, Denison University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 118, August 15, 2011
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Corruption, Development and Institutional Design (2009)
- Edited by János Kornai, László Mátyás and Gérard Roland, Palgrave MacMillan, 2009; ISBN: 978-0230546998; 296 pages.
- Reviewed by Sara Hsu, SUNY New Paltz
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 118, August 15, 2011
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Debt, Innovations, and Deflation: The Theories of Veblen, Fisher, Schumpeter, and Minsky (2008)
- By J. Patrick Raines and Charles G. Leathers, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2008.
- Reviewed by Zachary Nixon, Denison University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 104, September 6, 2010
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Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System (2009)
- By Robert Pozen, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009; ISBN: 978-0-470-49905-4, 480 pages.
- Reviewed by Bernard Chen, Denison University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 101, June 30, 2010
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Money, Crises and Transition (2008)
- Money, Crises and Transition, edited by Carmen M. Reinhart, Carlos A. V gh, and Andr s Velasco, MIT Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0262182669; 491 pages.
- Reviewed by Sara Hsu, IC2 Institute, UT Austin.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 98, April 20, 2010
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Defining Poverty in the Developing World (2007)
- Defining Poverty in the Developing World, edited by Frances Stewart, Ruhi Saith, and Barbara Harriss-White. Palgrave Macmillan, 2007, ISBN 978-0-2305-1672-4; 256 pages.
- Reviewed by Tara Natarajan, Saint. Michael s College.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 98, April 20, 2010
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Human Resource Economics and Public Policy (2010)
- Human Resource Economics and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs, Jr. edited by Charles J. Whalen. Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2010; ix, 305 pages.
- Reviewed by William M. Dugger, The University of Tulsa.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 98, April 20, 2010
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Money and Households in a Capitalist Economy (2009)
- Money and Households in a Capitalist Economy: A Gendered Post Keynesian-Institutional Analysis, by Zdravka Todorova. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2009, 165 pages. ISBN: 978-1-84720-953-5.
- Reviewed by William Waller, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 98, April 20, 2010
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The Foundations of Non-Equilibrium Economics (2009)
- The Foundations of Non-Equilibrium Economics, edited by Sebastian Berger. London, UK and New York, USA: Routledge, 2009, xiii + 199 pp., ISBN 978-0-415-77780-3.
- Reviewed by Torsten Heinrich, University of Bremen.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 98, April 20, 2010
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The Keynes Solution: The Path to Global Prosperity (2009)
- The Keynes Solution: The Path to Global Prosperity, by Paul Davidosn. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009; ISBN: 978-0-230-61920-3, 208 pages.
- Reviewed for Heterodox Economics Newsletter, by Justin Hess, Denison University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 98, April 20, 2010
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Economia Institucional y Evolutiva Contemporanea (2007)
- Economia Institucional y Evolutiva Contemporanea, by Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Mexico: Universidad Aut noma Metropolitana Cuajimalpa-Xochimilco, 2007, ISBN: 0-970-31-0753-2; 249 pages.
- Reviewed by Jairo J. Parada, Universidad del Norte-Colombia
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 92, December 16, 2009
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China’s Three Decades of Economic Reforms (2010)
- Edited by Xiaohui Liu and Wei Zhang, Routledge, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-415-49600-1; 301 pages.
- Reviewed by Sara Hsu, St. Edward s University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 91, November 24, 2009
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A History of Heterodox Economics (2009)
- A History of Heterodox Economics: Challenging the Mainstream in the Twentieth Century, by Frederic S. Lee, Routledge, 2009.
- Reviewed by Michael J. Murray, Central College
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 89, October 9, 2009
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Animal Spirits (2009)
- Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why it Matters for Global Capitalism. By George A. Akerlof and Robert J. Shiller, Princeton University Press, 2009
- Reviewed by Esmeralda Gassie, Graduate Centre of Business, University of Limerick, Ireland
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 89, October 9, 2009
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New Deal Banking Reforms (2007)
- New Deal Banking Reforms and Keynesian Welfare Capitalism, by Ellen D. Russell, New York: Routledge, 2007. ix+148 pages. $95 (cloth), ISBN: 978-0-415-95661-1.
- Reviewed by David A. Zalewski, Providence College.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 89, October 9, 2009
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New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment (2008)
- New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment: Revitalizing Industrial Relations as a Academic Enterprise, edited by Charles J. Whalen, Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008.
- Reviewed by David Jacobs, Morgan State University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 86, August 12, 2009
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The Secret Life of Real Estate (2008)
- The Secret Life of Real Estate, by Phillip J. Anderson. London: Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd. 2008
- Review by Mason Gaffney
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 86, August 12, 2009
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Gender and Chinese Development: Towards an equitable society. (2007)
- By Lanyan Chen, Routledge, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-415-46723-0; 177 pages.
- Reviewed by Sara Hsu, Trinity University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 86, August 12, 2009
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The Life and Times of Raul Prebisch, 1901-1986 (2008)
- By Edgar J. Dosman, McGill-Queen s University Press, 2008.
- Reviewed by Carlos Mallorquin
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 83, May 28, 2009
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Money Uncertainty and Time (2009)
- By Giuseppe Fontana, Routledge, 2009. ISBN: 0415279607; 142 pages.
- Reviewed by John F. Henry, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 81, April 23, 2009
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Future Directions for Heterodox Economics (2007)
- Edited by John T. Harvey and Robert F. Garnett (2007), Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 322 pages, paperback, ISBN-13: 978-0-472-03247-1.
- Reviewed by Wolfare Elsner, University of Bremen
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 78, March 3, 2009
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A Buddhist Economic Approach to the Development of Community Enterprises (2005)
- Prayukvong, W. (2005) “A Buddhist Economic Approach to the Development of Community Enterprises: a case study from southern Thailand,” Cambridge Journal of Economics, 29(6): 1171-1185.
- Reviewed by Ulas Basar Gezgin, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 74
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International Trade and Labor Standards: A Proposal for Linkage (2008)
- By Christian Barry and Sanjay G. Reddy. 2008. International Trade and Labor Standards: A Proposal for Linkage. Columbia University Press, New York: 2008.
- Reviewed by Michael Pollak
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 73
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John Maynard Keynes (2008)
- Hyman P. Minsky. 2008. John Maynard Keynes, McGraw-Hill Books, 2008; ISBN: 978-0-07-159301-4; 176 pages.
- Reviewed by Devin T. Rafferty, University of Missouri- Kansas City
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 73
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Stabilizing an Unstable Economy (2008)
- Hyman P. Minsky. 2008. Stabilizing an Unstable Economy. McGraw-Hill, 2008; ISBN: 978-0-07-159299-4; 395 pages.
- Reviewed by Devin T. Rafferty, University of Missouri- Kansas City
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 73
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The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy (2005)
- By Thomas E. Woods. 2005. The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2005, ISBN: 0-7391-1036-5; 280 pages.
- Reviewed by Emil Berendt, Siena Heights University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 73
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Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty-First Century (2007)
- By Giovanni Arrighi.London: Verso, 2007. ISBN: 978-1-84467-104-5; 420 pages.
- Reviewed by Yan Liang, University of Redlands
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 68
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Managing Network Resources: Alliances, Affiliations, and Other Relational Assets (2007)
- By Ranjay Gulati. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-19-929935-5; 325 pages.
- Reviewed by S bastien Plociniczak, Universit Paris XIII, France
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 68
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Social Murder: and Other Shortcomings of Conservative Economics (2007)
- By Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson. Winnipeg, Canada: Arbeiter Ring Publishing, 2007, ISBN 1-894037-31-6; 224 pages.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 68
- Reviewed by Ryan A. Dodd, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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The Economics of the Great Depression: A Twenty-First Century Look Back at the Economics of the Interwar Era (2007)
- By Randall E. Parker, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2007, ISBN: 978-1-84542-127-4; 257 pages
- Reviewed by David A. Zalewski, Providence College
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 67
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The Creation and Destruction of Social Capital The Creation and Destruction of Social Capital: Entrepreneurship, Co-operative Movements and Institutions (2005)
- By Gunnar L.H. Svendsen and Gert T. Svendsen, Edward Elgar, 2005. ISBN 1-84376-616-7; 224 pages.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 67
- Reviewed by Quentin M.H. Duroy, Denison University
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The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should too (2008)
- by James K. Galbraith. New York, London, Toronto, Sydney: Free Press, 2008. ISBN-13 978-1-4156-6683-0, ISBN-10 1-4156-6683-X c. xiv, 211 pages.
- Reviewed by L. Randall Wray, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 66
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Consumer Capitalism (2007)
- By Anastasios S. Korkotsides, Routledge, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-415-37518-4; 256 pages.
- Reviewed by Peter T. Manicas, University of Hawai i at Manoa
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 63
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Reclaiming Nature: Environmental Justice and Ecological Restoration
- Edited by James Boyce, Sunita Narain, and Elizabeth Stanton, Anthem Press, 2007. ISBN: 9781843312352; 439 pages.
- Reviewed by Amit Basole, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 63
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The Size of Nations (2003)
- By Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore, MIT Press, 2003. ISBN: 978-0-262-01204-1; 266 pages.
- Reviewed by Sara Hsu, Trinity University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 63
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The New Development Economics: After the Washington Consensus (2006)
- Edited by Jomo K.S. and Ben Fine, Zed Books. 2006. ISBN 978-1-84277-643-8; 304 pages.
- Reviewed by Quentin M.H. Duroy, Denison University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 63
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Governing Transformative Technological Innovation: Who is in Charge? (2007)
- By Peter W.B. Phillips, Edward Elgar, 2007; ISBN: 978-1-84720-237-6; 320 pages.
- Reviewed by Jack Boan, University of Regina
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 62
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Imagining Economics Otherwise: Encounters with Identity/Difference (2007)
- By Nitasha Kaul, Routledge, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-415-38397-4; 304 pages.
- Reviewed by Colin Richardson, Imperial College, London
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 62
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Reintroducing Macroeconomics: A Critical Approach (2007)
- By Steven Mark Cohen. Armonk, New York and London, England: M.E. Sharpe. 2007. Cloth, ISBN 978-0-7656-1450-6, $72.95. Paper, ISBN 978-0-7656-1451-3, $35.95. 396 pages.
- Review by Ryan A. Dodd, University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 62
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The Years of High Econometrics: A Short History of the Generation that Reinvented Economics (2007)
- By Francisco LOU (2007).London: Routledge, xxix, 370 p., ISBN10: 0-415-41974-3, 90.00 hardcover.
- Reviewed by Angelo Reati, av. Emile de Beco 55 B 1050 Bruxelles (Belgium)
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 62
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The Future of Europe (2006)
- By Alberto Alesina and Francesco Giavazzi, MIT Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0-262-01232-4; 224 pages.
- Reviewed by Sara Hsu, St. Edward s University
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 62
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Human Goods, Economics Evils: A Moral Approach to the Dismal Science (2007)
- By Edward Hadas, ISI Books, 2007. ISBN: 193-38-592-6134-2; 400 pages.
- Reviewed by Colin Richardson
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 56
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The Wealth of Ideas: a history of economic thought (2005)
- By Alessandro Roncaglia. Cambridge University Press. 2005. ISBN:9780521843379 | website
- Reviewed by Hugh Goodacre
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 55
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Money, Distribution and Economic Policy (2007)
- Edited by Eckhard Hein and Achim Truger, Edward Elgar, 2007. ISBN: 978 1 84720 063; 272 pages.
- Reviewed by Sara Hsu, St. Edwards University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 54
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The Feminist Economics of Trade (2007)
- Edited by Irene van Staveren, Diane Elson, Caren Grown, and Nil fer agatay, Routledge, 2007. ISBN: 978-0-415-43637-3; 328 pages. | website
- Reviewed by Sara Hsu, St. Edwards University.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 54
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Los Costes Sociales De La Empresa Privada (2006)
- By K. William Kapp. Coleccion Clasicos del Pensamiento Critico, No. 14, edited by Federico Aguilera Klink. Madrid: Los Libros de la Catarata, 2006. ISBN: 84-8319-264-0; 137 pages.
- Reviewed by Sebastian Berger, University of Missouri Kansas City
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 54
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The Bias of the World: Theories of Unequal Exchange in History (2007)
- By John Brolin. Sweden: Lund University, 2007. 383 pp.
- Reviewed by Yan Liang University of Missouri-Kansas City and University of Redlands.
- Published in the Heterodox Economics Newsletter, Issue 48
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