The New Economic Approach to Social and Political Issues
1st Edition
Published on 24. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
289 pages
978-1-0364-5910-9 (ISBN)
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The New Economic Approach (NEA) has revolutionized economic disciplines by positing many social and political issues as endogenous variables, and makes rigorous and scientific analysis possible through a neo-classical framework.
The NEA unravels familial behaviour, fertility, marriage, altruism, discrimination, dowry, love, crime and punishment and addiction. This new approach has been revolutionary in that it accommodates tools and theories that move beyond the neoclassical framework. The new political economy, pressure groups, rent-seeking and organ donation are but a few of the issues analysed with the aid of the public choice theory, new institutional economics and the principal-agent theorem. This volume shines a light on these topics and subjects them to critical analysis. It is a unique work, catering to academics, researchers and policymakers.
The NEA unravels familial behaviour, fertility, marriage, altruism, discrimination, dowry, love, crime and punishment and addiction. This new approach has been revolutionary in that it accommodates tools and theories that move beyond the neoclassical framework. The new political economy, pressure groups, rent-seeking and organ donation are but a few of the issues analysed with the aid of the public choice theory, new institutional economics and the principal-agent theorem. This volume shines a light on these topics and subjects them to critical analysis. It is a unique work, catering to academics, researchers and policymakers.
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Martin Patrick | G. Visakh Varma | Freny Das
The New Economic Approach to Social and Political Issues
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12/2024
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Martin Patrick has been Professor of Economics at various government colleges, and at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), India. He is currently Chief Economist at the Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR), India. He is also the author of Self-employment and Successful Entrepreneurship and A Study of Unorganised Labour in Ernakulam District, and co-author of An Economic Approach to Social Interactions. He specialises in the informal sector and entrepreneurship.
G. Visakh Varma has been Professor of Economics at various government colleges in Kerala, India, and is currently a visiting professor at the MES College of Engineering's School of Architecture, India. He is a co-author of Macroeconomics Simplified: An Introduction to Keynesian and Classical Macroeconomic Systems and An Economic Approach to Social Interactions. His areas of specialisation are macroeconomics and environmental economics.
Freny Das was Assistant Professor (Guest) at Fatima Mata National College, India, and Government College, Kattappana, India. She is currently a freelancer and consultant involved in research projects, and has coordinated and originated several community development initiatives. She specialises in fishery economics and sustainable livelihood.
G. Visakh Varma has been Professor of Economics at various government colleges in Kerala, India, and is currently a visiting professor at the MES College of Engineering's School of Architecture, India. He is a co-author of Macroeconomics Simplified: An Introduction to Keynesian and Classical Macroeconomic Systems and An Economic Approach to Social Interactions. His areas of specialisation are macroeconomics and environmental economics.
Freny Das was Assistant Professor (Guest) at Fatima Mata National College, India, and Government College, Kattappana, India. She is currently a freelancer and consultant involved in research projects, and has coordinated and originated several community development initiatives. She specialises in fishery economics and sustainable livelihood.