Marx, Veblen, and the Foundations of Heterodox Economics : Essays in Honor of John F. Henry (Paperback)

Introduction Part I Radical ideas of Karl Marx and Thorstein Veblen 1. The Marxian and Veblenesque elements in the way I do economics 2. Karl Marx, Thorstein Veblen, and the global financial crisis 3. The contemporary relevance of Karl Marx’s heterodox political economy 4. Veblen, Instincts and Exchange 5. A further Veblenian articulation of a monetary theory of production 6. Is conspicuous consumption a weak concept? An historical perspective on the French Revolution and capitalism 7. Veblen on economic method: a critical note Part II Heterodox economics: alternative critical theory to the status quo 8. The "illusion" or "paradigm blindness" of economics: ethical challenges to economic thought from the financial crisis 9. Economics and history: why economists and policy makers need to understand the latter 10. Speculative financial capitalism wacking out over an "impossible" profit rate: the infeasibility of a "usual" real average profit rate, considering fictitious capital, and its implications 11. Shaping the social determinants of value through economic ghostmanagement: an institutionalist approach to capital accumulation 12. The rise of money and class society: the contributions of John F. Henry Part III The heterodox economics of John F. Henry 13. Property and the limits to democracy 14. A conversation with John F. Henry 15. The bibliography of John F. Henry’s writings