This book presents a unique real-world-centred approach to economic life from a phenomenological approach. It offers a much-needed alternative to conventional economic thinking, giving a transdisciplinary depiction of the economic process’s social, cultural, technological, political, and ecological dimensions. Doing so appeals to students and researchers in economics aiming to get an alternative to the reductionist model-based approach.
Written in a jargon-free and non-technical way, it appeals to non-economists alike and those seeking a more profound and living understanding of the economic process. What is the role of nature in the economic process? Is there more to economics than we have been told? Do we have infinite needs? What are these needs? Can we keep on growing forever? Does economic growth improve our wellbeing? Why is the income gap widening? What is the role of financial capital in our current world? Are there other forms of producing, distributing, and consuming wealth beyond markets? What are the functions of markets, and how do they work in the real world? These and many other aspects are discussed in living and holistic ways in this book. It is a must-read for all those interested in gaining a more profound and genuine understanding of our current reality and those looking for ways out of our current crises.
Author(s): Andri Werner Stahel
Series: Springer Studies in Alternative Economics
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 300
City: Cham
Contents
Part I: What Went Wrong with Modern Economic Science?
Chapter 1: Introduction: Encounter of the Fifth Kind with an Alien Science
Chapter 2: Is Economics a Science?
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Chapter 3: About Economists and Theologians
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Chapter 4: Taking a Phenomenological Approach to Oikonomics: Looking at the World in Living and Holistic Terms
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Part II: What Is the Oikonomy All About?
Chapter 5: Aristotle´s View: Oikonomy as the Art of Living and Living Well
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Chapter 6: Polanyi´s View: The Different Forms of Oikonomy
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Chapter 7: The Troubles with Free Markets
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Part III: Nature´s Oikonomy
Chapter 8: The Ways of Gaia
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Chapter 9: A Matter of Scale
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Chapter 10: Learning to See Again
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Chapter 11: The Evolution of Consciousness
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Part IV: Human´s Oikonomy
Chapter 12: Humans as Part of Nature´s Oikonomy
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Chapter 13: Are We in Need of Our Needs?
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Chapter 14: Money, Cancer, and Finances: Why the Rich Get Rich, and the Poor Stay Poor?
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Chapter 15: Conclusion: In Freedom and Responsibility
15.1 Going Beyond Markets and Government Control
15.2 The Origin of Wealth
15.3 Consciousness and Freedom
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