Post-Keynesian Essays from Down Under Volume III: Essays on Ethics, Social Justice and Economics: Theory and Policy in an Historical Context

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction to Ethics and Economics....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Faith, Works and Talents Entwined: Driving Forces Behind John Nevile’s Contributions....Pages 13-23
The Root of All Evil....Pages 24-33
Just and Unjust Macro-economic Policy....Pages 34-44
Policies to Minimise the Costs of Unemployment....Pages 45-66
Overcoming Social Exclusion....Pages 67-85
Economic Rationalism: Social Philosophy Masquerading as Economic Science....Pages 86-97
Deregulation and the Welfare of the Less Well Off....Pages 98-114
Economic Rationalism, Income Distribution and Productivity....Pages 115-126
Economic Rationalism: The Human Dimension....Pages 127-141
Book Review: “Ethics and Economics”....Pages 142-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Economic Perspectives on Workers’ Rights....Pages 151-156
The Right to Work....Pages 157-163
The Global Financial Crisis and the Right to a Decent Job....Pages 164-187
Minimum Wages, Unions, the Economy and Society....Pages 188-201
Full Employment, a Neglected, but Indispensable and Feasible Human Right....Pages 202-219
Human Rights: Issues in the Welfare State....Pages 220-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Writing Biographies of Economists....Pages 233-244
Post-Keynesian Theory, Direct Action and Political Involvement....Pages 245-257
Piero Sraffa: A Tribute....Pages 258-261
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Peter Kenyon 1952–2012: A Memoir and a Tribute....Pages 262-266
Phyllis Deane 1918–2012: A Memoir and a Tribute....Pages 267-269
Allan Barton 1933–2012: A Tribute....Pages 270-272
Frank Hahn 1926–2013: A Tribute....Pages 273-275
On Topical Themes in Veblen and Commons’s Contributions....Pages 276-283
Paolo Sylos-Labini’s Contribution to Modern Economic Theory....Pages 284-306
Back Matter....Pages 307-320