Crisis system : a critical realist and environmental critique of economics and the economy / edited by Petter Nµss and Leigh Price. - 1 online resource (vi, 228 pages) - Ontological explorations . - Ontological explorations. .

1. Introduction / Petter Nµss and Leigh Price -- 2. Ideology and economics / Tony Lawson -- 3. The economics of research : the contribution of critical realism / David Tyfield -- 4. Inaccurate and biased : cost-benefit analyses of transport infrastructure projects / Petter Nµss -- 5. Arguments for and against economic growth / Jin Xue -- 6. The symptomatology of crises : some critical realist reflections / Bob Jessop -- 7. Using retroduction to address wicked problems / Leigh Price -- 8. Housing standards, environmental sustainability and social welfare / Petter Nµss and Jin Xue -- 9. Systemic issues within the crisis of global capitalism : the case of land and food / Robert Biel -- 10. The illusion of green capitalism / Petter Nµss -- 11. China at the crossroad : ecological modernization or ecosocialism? / Jin Xue -- 12. Making the critique of capitalism fit for the present crisis / Arne Johan Vetlesen.

9781315563138 9781134799985 9781134800056

10.4324/9781315563138 doi


Economic policy.
Capitalism--Environmental aspects.
Socialism--Environmental aspects.
Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.

HD87 / .C754 2016

330 / C932

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