Crisis system: a critical realist and environmental critique of economics and the economy

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Ideology and economics -- Introduction -- Ideology -- The ideology theorists -- Ideology1 -- Ideology2 -- An assessment of the political-economic ideology explanations -- An alternative conception of ideology in the economics academy -- Ideology in action -- Heterodoxy and mathematical modelling -- Explaining the ideology of mathematical technique in modern economics

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