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Visions and Strategies for a Sustainable Economy

Theoretical and Policy Alternatives

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Attempts to integrate post-Keynesian, institutional, social, and development economics perspectives
  • Focuses on the Green New Deal as a policy option, but also looks beyond the Anglo-American context
  • Proposes much needed and important alternatives to mainstream and neoclassical or neoliberal proposals

Part of the book series: Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity (GISP)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. Sustainability and Development Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Linking the Developmental State to Green Economic Growth

      • Philip Arestis, Nikolaos Karagiannis, Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi
      Pages 33-53
  3. Sustainability and Economic Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
    2. Proper Future Economic Policies

      • Philip Arestis, Nikolaos Karagiannis
      Pages 75-107
  4. Sustainability and Social Policies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
    2. Sustainability and Social Policy Nexus

      • Mahmood Messkoub
      Pages 161-186
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 313-319

About this book

The multidisciplinary edited book Visions and Strategies for a Sustainable Economy: Theoretical and Policy Alternatives provides a thorough examination – at the theoretical and, especially, policy levels – of a number of key topics related to a sustainable economy and a better society. With important contributions by distinguished academics, the book presents alternative views, provides an assessment of contemporary realities in an era of ecological emergency, and offers visions, strategies, and realistic policies towards a better economy and society while paying special attention to a “green new deal” for different areas.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, USA

    Nikolaos Karagiannis

  • Greensborough, Australia

    John E. King

About the editors

Nikolaos Karagiannis is Full Professor of Economics at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina (USA); invited visiting scholar at the University of Cambridge (UK); and the co-editor of American Review of Political Economy. He has published extensively in the areas of economic development, public sector economics, and macroeconomic policy analysis. Karagiannis is particularly interested in developmental state theory and policy. He is the author, co-author, and co-editor of 22 books and has published over 160 papers as refereed journal articles, book chapters, and op-eds.

John E. King is Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University and Honorary Professor at Federation University Australia. His principal research interests are in the history of heterodox economic thought, especially Marxian political economy and post-Keynesian economics. King has published 115 papers in refereed journals and over 96 book chapters, and is the author, co-author, or editor of 32books. Recent publications include A History of American Economic Thought (2018; with Samuel Barbour and James Cicarelli), A Modern Guide to State Intervention (2019; with Nikolaos Karagiannis), and The Alternative Austrian Economics (2019), dealing with socialist economic thought in Austria between 1900 and the present day.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Visions and Strategies for a Sustainable Economy

  • Book Subtitle: Theoretical and Policy Alternatives

  • Editors: Nikolaos Karagiannis, John E. King

  • Series Title: Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06493-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06492-0Published: 06 October 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06495-1Published: 07 October 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-06493-7Published: 04 October 2022

  • Series ISSN: 2730-5511

  • Series E-ISSN: 2730-552X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 319

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Sustainable Development, Environmental Economics, Economic Growth

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eBook USD 84.99
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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