foundations of economics: a beginner's companion

Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
Figures
Tables
Book 1 Foundations
	Chapter 1
		Introduction
Part one: Consumption choices
	Chapter 2
		Review: textbooks on consumer and choice theory
	Chapter 3
		History of textbook models
	Chapter 4
		Critique: do we maximise utility (even subconsciously)? Should we?
Part two: Production and markets
	Chapter 5
		Review: textbooks on firms, production and markets
	Chapter 6
		History of textbook models
	Chapter 7
		Critique: is the textbook’s theory of production good economics, good politics, both or neither?
Part three: Markets, the State and the Good Society
	Chapter 8
		Review: textbooks on markets and social well-being
	Chapter 9
		History of textbook models
	Chapter 10
		Critique: can a capitalist society be good?
Book 2 Anxieties
	Chapter 11
		Does economic theory matter?
	Chapter 12
		The curse of economics
Further reading
References