Homo economicus and the reconstruction of political economy: Six theses on the role of values in economics

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 893-908

  Tsakalotos, Euclid ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Homo economicus; Political economy; Values

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; NEOCLASSICAL THEORY; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 28844509676     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: 14643545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/bei075     Document Type: Article

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