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In this revised edition of a widely used text various issues, such as the role of government, inflation and unemployment, poverty and inequality, and education, culture, and gender, are given a comparative analysis from the perspectives of four major economic ideologies.

Table of Contents

Introduction Political Economy: An Overview Politics, Economics, and Political Economy The History of Political Economy Contending Perspectives in Political Economy The Classical Liberal Perspective The Radical Perspective The Conservative Perspective The Modern Liberal Perspective Contemporary Issues in Political Economy Government and the Market Inflation and Unemployment Poverty and Inequality Labor and Industry Minorities and Discrimination The Political Economy of Gender Education and Culture Pollution and the Environment International Trade and Development Science, Ideology, and Political Economy Bibliography Index

About the Author

BARRY CLARK is a professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse./e His research and publications have focused on the ethical dimensions of Public Policy.