Introducing a New Economics ─ Pluralist, Sustainable and Progressive

This fresh and unique textbook provides students and general readers with an introduction to economics from a new and much needed perspective, characterised by its uniquely pluralist, sustainable, progressive and global approach.

Unlike traditional textbooks, Introducing a New Economics contains the key concepts of pluralism, sustainability and justice. It provides students with the central questions covered by economics including resources, work, employment, poverty, inequality, power, capital, markets, money, debt and value.

The book also addresses important and timely issues such as the challenges to firms and industries, economic democracy, the business cycle and financial crises. Viewing economics from a global perspective, the three authors provide a rich and authentic international perspective, as they are based on three separate continents and are leading authorities in their fields. Introducing a New Economics is fundamentally an economics textbook for the 21st century.

Jack Reardon is founding editor of the International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education and author of The Handbook of Pluralist Economics Education (Routledge, 2009). He teaches economics at the School of Business at Hamline University in Minnesota.

Maria Alejandra Caporale Madi is Retired Professor at the Instituto de Economia, State University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Brazil. She is also Assistant Editor of the International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education and member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Green Economics.

Molly Scott Cato is Professor of Strategy and Sustainability at Roehampton University. She is author of The Bioregional Economy: Land, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness (2013).