New Paradigms in Financial Economics

Informationen zum Autor Kazem Falahati is currently teaching International Financial Management at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. He is an accountant-cum-economist by professional training. His experience includes senior managerial positions in both the financial and non-financial industries. He has advised major multinationals and financial institutions on their strategic investments and divestments as well as their financial structure, reporting and control with huge beneficial impact to their stakeholders. Klappentext This book aims to provide a new framework of economic analysis for understanding and predicting how the economy works in the real world. It does this by re-examining the implicit and explicit foundational assumptions, and inherent contradictions of the standard paradigm. Zusammenfassung This book aims to provide a new framework of economic analysis for understanding and predicting how the economy works in the real world. It does this by re-examining the implicit and explicit foundational assumptions, and inherent contradictions of the standard paradigm. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Irrational foundations of `rational behaviour in the standard paradigm; Chapter 3 Contradictions of the Marxian paradigm; Chapter 4 The new paradigm; Chapter 5 Resolution of puzzles in microeconomics; Chapter 6 Resolution of puzzles in finance; Chapter 7 Resolution of puzzles in macroeconomics; Chapter 8 Economic role of the State; Chapter 9 The recent global financial crisis; Chapter 10 Conclusion, policy and research recommendations

Autorentext

Kazem Falahati is currently teaching International Financial Management at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. He is an accountant-cum-economist by professional training. His experience includes senior managerial positions in both the financial and non-financial industries. He has advised major multinationals and financial institutions on their strategic investments and divestments as well as their financial structure, reporting and control with huge beneficial impact to their stakeholders.

Klappentext

This book aims to provide a new framework of economic analysis for understanding and predicting how the economy works in the real world. It does this by re-examining the implicit and explicit foundational assumptions, and inherent contradictions of the standard paradigm.

Inhalt

1 Introduction; Chapter2 Irrational foundations of `rational behaviour in the standard paradigm; Chapter 3 Contradictions of the Marxian paradigm; Chapter 4 The new paradigm; Chapter 5 Resolution of puzzles in microeconomics; Chapter 6 Resolution of puzzles in finance; Chapter 7 Resolution of puzzles in macroeconomics; Chapter 8 Economic role of the State; Chapter 9 The recent global financial crisis; Chapter 10 Conclusion, policy and research recommendations