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Overview
"This book explains how to identify and analyze social, economic, and political problems confronted in all communities, and how to go about framing and implementing structural adjustments in the political economy. It will be of interest to students in non-traditional courses in political economy including institutional economics, contemporary social problems, economics and social policy, methodology, and contemporary economic thought."--BOOK JACKET.Editorials
Booknews
Tool (professor emeritus, California State University) introduces students to social, political, economic, and ecological problems, to ways of understanding the causes, and to creating institutional solutions. He analyzes the perspectives of Thorstein Veblen, John Dewey, Clarence Ayers, and R. Fagg Foster, comparing the American tradition with the traditions of capitalism, Marxism, and fascism, demonstrating that capitalism can most successfully resolve economic and political problems. Of interest to students in non-traditional courses in political economy and in economics and social policy. Originally published in 1979 by Goodyear Publishing Company. This edition contains a brief, new introduction by the author. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
November 1, 1985
Publisher
Boulder : Westview Press, 1985.
Pages
368
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780813302843