A New Economics for the 21st Century

Goodwin, Neva (2010): A New Economics for the 21st Century. Forthcoming in: World Future Review

Abstract

The critical role for economic theory is no longer simply to explain how the existing system works, but also to explore how the economic system can be changed to become more adaptive and resilient in the face of the challenges of the 21st century, and how it can be more directly designed to support human well-being, in the present and the future. Simultaneous changes are needed, in both the actual economy (how it functions, by what rules, how it can be made responsive to constraints) and also in economic theory.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Contextual economics; economic theory; economic goals; bias in economic theory
• Subjects: Z - Other Special Topics > Z1 - Cultural Economics ; Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology > Z13 - Economic Sociology ; Economic Anthropology ; Social and Economic Stratification; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B0 - General > B00 - General

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