Savage Economics

<p>This innovative book challenges the most powerful and pervasive ideas concerning political economy, international relations, and ethics in the modern world. </p><p>Rereading classical authors including Adam Smith, James Steuart, Adam Ferguson, Hegel, and Marx, it provides a systematic and fundamental cultural critique of political economy and critically describes the nature of the mainstream understanding of economics. Blaney and Inayatullah construct a powerful argument about how political economy and the capitalist market economy should be understood, demonstrating that poverty is a product of capitalism itself. They address the questions:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Is wealth for some bought at the cost of impoverishing, colonizing, or eradicating others? </li> </ul><ul> <p> </p> <li>What benefits of wealth might justify these human costs? </li> </ul><ul> <p> </p> <li>What do we gain and lose by endorsing a system of wealth creation? </li> </ul><ul> <p> </p> <li>Do even "savage cultures" contain values, critiques, and ways of life that the West still needs? </li> </ul><p>Opening the way for radically different policies addressing poverty and demanding a rethink of the connections between political economy and international relations, this thought-provoking book is vital reading for students and scholars of politics, economics, IPE and international relations.</p> <p>1. The Cultural Constitution of Political Economy 2. The Savage Smith and the Temporal Walls of Capitalism 3. Necro-economics and Steuart’s Geocultural Political Economy 4. Capitalism’s Wounds: Ferguson’s International Political Economy 5. Shed No Tears: Hegel’s Necro-Philosophy 6. Marx and Temporal Difference 7. Savage Times </p>