Against Economics
Rethinking Political Economy

The work is aimed primarily at a de-mystification of the economic analysis by means of a critical exploration of various fields, ranging from economic theory and economic history to history of economics and development economics.

Pointing out a number of elisions inherent in economic analysis, this text covers class blinkers, to gender and culture blinkers, to methodological failings, philosophical errors and political and paradigmatic biases. The work is aimed primarily at a de-mystification of the discipline by means of a critical exploration of various fields, ranging from economic theory and economic history to history of economics and development economics. Questions are raised about the utility of economics and the efficacy of "science" generally, carrying the necessary message of "De Omnibus Dubitandum" in matters of social theory. Ultimately, the derivative of the study is a plea to begin the process of rethinking political economy, stripped of its misapprehensions.

Part I Economics and epistemology - Marxism, realism and beyond: critical realism - the "nouvelle critique"
against Eurocentrism - prolegomena to liberation. Part II "Development" studies - retrospect and prospect: theory and policy in "development" studies - an overview of the mythology of "progress". Part III Arguments in political economy - old and new: economic theory and arms expenditures - a resume of issues
sraffa, and all that - a retrospective on some foibles of the "Cambridge" school
why England led the way - clues to a critique of Eurocentrism. Part IV Classical economics - myth and reality: the Ricardian rigmarole - from policy to paradigm
the parson and the plutocrat - toward restitution. Part V Revolutions in economic theory - the parameters of paradigm shift: the eclipse of Ricardian ideas - a primer on paradigm shift in economics. Part VI Otiose controversies in Marxism - against orthodoxy: the falling rate of profit - clarifying a conjecture
the "Asiatic" mode of production - eclipse of a notion
the "transition" to socialism - in dubious debate
beyond Marx - "contra Theses on Feuerbach". Part VII Feminist horizons - toward cultural revolution.