Meme Wars The Creative Destruction of Neoclassical Economics |
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| Editor:
| Lasn, Kalle
Adbusters, |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60980-473-2 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2012 |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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"Engrossing, exciting [...]nbsp;This book compels us to rethink our approaches to economics ..."nbsp;
--Literary Review of Canada "Thought-provoking and creative" -- Julie Nelson, author ofnbsp;Beyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and Economics "Meme Wars is a Molotov cocktail tossed into the boardroom. "-- Calgary Herald From the editor and magazine that started and named the Occupy Wall Street...
More Description "Engrossing, exciting [...]nbsp;This book compels us to rethink our approaches to economics ..."nbsp;
--Literary Review of Canada
"Thought-provoking and creative" -- Julie Nelson, author ofnbsp;Beyond Economic Man: Feminist Theory and Economics
"Meme Wars is a Molotov cocktail tossed into the boardroom. "-- Calgary Herald
From the editor and magazine that started and named the Occupy Wall Street movement,nbsp;Meme Wars: The Creative Destruction of Neoclassical Economicsnbsp;is an articulation of what could be the next steps in rethinking and remaking our world that challenges and debunks many of the assumptions of neoclassical economics and brings to light a more ecological model.nbsp;Meme Warsnbsp;aims to accelerate the shift into this new paradigm that takes into account psychonomics, bionomics, and other aspects of our physical and mental environment that are often left out in discussions of economics.nbsp;
Likenbsp;Adbusters, the book will be image heavy and full-color throughout. Lasn calls it "a textbook for the future" that provides the building blocks, in texts and visuals, for a new way of looking at and changing our world. Through an examination of alternative economies, Lasn hopes to spur students to become "barefoot economists" and to see that a humanization of economics is possible.nbsp;Meme Warsnbsp;will include contributions from Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Samuelson, George Akerlof, Lourdes Benería, Julie Matthaei, Manfred Max-Neef, David Orrell, Paul Gilding, Mathis Wackernagel and the father of ecological economics Herman Daly, among others.
Based on ideas that were presented in a special issue ofnbsp;Adbustersnbsp;entitled "Thought Control in Economics: Beyond the Growth Paradigm / An Activist Toolkit,"nbsp;Meme Warsnbsp;will help move forward the Occupy Wall Street movement.