Meme Wars The Creative Destruction of Neoclassical Economics

"Engrossing,exciting[...]?Thisbookcompelsustorethinkourapproachestoeconomics..."?—LiteraryReviewofCanada"Thought-provokingandcreative"—JulieNelson,authorof?BeyondEconomicMan:FeministTheoryandEconomics"MemeWarsisaMolotovcocktailtossedintotheboardroom."—CalgaryHeraldFromtheeditorandmagazinethatstartedandnamedtheOccupyWallStreetmovement,?MemeWars:TheCreativeDestructionofNeoclassicalEconomics?isanarticulationofwhatcouldbethenextstepsinrethinkingandremakingourworldthatchallengesanddebunksmanyoftheassumptionsofneoclassicaleconomicsandbringstolightamoreecologicalmodel.?MemeWars?aimstoacceleratetheshiftintothisnewparadigmthattakesintoaccountpsychonomics,bionomics,andotheraspectsofourphysicalandmentalenvironmentthatareoftenleftoutindiscussionsofeconomics.?Like?Adbusters,thebookwillbeimageheavyandfull-colorthroughout.Lasncallsit"atextbookforthefuture"thatprovidesthebuildingblocks,intextsandvisuals,foranewwayoflookingatandchangingourworld.Throughanexaminationofalternativeeconomies,Lasnhopestospurstudentstobecome"barefooteconomists"andtoseethatahumanizationofeconomicsispossible.?MemeWars?willincludecontributionsfromNobelPrizewinnerJosephStiglitz,PaulSamuelson,GeorgeAkerlof,LourdesBenería,JulieMatthaei,ManfredMax-Neef,DavidOrrell,PaulGilding,MathisWackernagelandthefatherofecologicaleconomicsHermanDaly,amongothers.Basedonideasthatwerepresentedinaspecialissueof?Adbusters?entitled"ThoughtControlinEconomics:BeyondtheGrowthParadigm/AnActivistToolkit,"?MemeWars?willhelpmoveforwardtheOccupyWallStreetmovement.,