"Homo Economicus", Political Economy and Socialism

Neither the critique of capitalism nor the search for socialist economic alternatives can avoid an explicit engagement with values. This entails rejecting homo economicus, which acts as a basic building block for both neoclassical economic theory and the defense of the market economic order. Sociali...

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Cooperation
Economic analysis
Economic conditions
Economic efficiency
Economic performance
Economic sociology
Economic Systems
Economic Theories
Economic theory
Economic value
Economics
Endogenous
General studies. Economic systems
Market economies
Market Economy
Markets
Marxian economics
Marxism
Materialism
Neoclassical economics
Political conflict
Political Economy
Politics
Realism
Social capital
Social factors
Social order
Socialism
Sociology
Sociology of economy and development
Solidarity
Value analysis
Values
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