Theory and Reality in Financial Economics:Essays Toward a New Political Finance

George M Frankfurter
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George M Frankfurter: Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University, USA

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Abstract: The current literature on financial economics is dominated by neoclassical dogma and, supposedly, the notion of value-neutrality. However, the failure of neoclassical economics to deal with real financial phenomena suggests that this might be too simplistic of an approach.

Keywords: Financial Theory; Politics; Theory and Reality; Market Efficiency; Globalization; Neoclassical Dogma; Nefarious Deeds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
ISBN: 9789812707918
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Method and Methodology , pp 1-32

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Ch 2 What is All Efficiency? , pp 33-46

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Ch 3 Still Autistic Finance , pp 47-61

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Ch 4 The Young Finance Faculty's Guide to Publishing: Inspired By and After (Rather Loosely) Benjamin Britten , pp 63-82

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Ch 5 Prolific Authors in Finance , pp 83-90

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Ch 6 For-Profit Education: An Idea That Should be Put to Rest? , pp 91-95

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Ch 7 Weep Not for Microsoft: Monopoly's Fatal Exception , pp 97-101

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Ch 8 The Socio-Economics of Scandals , pp 103-114

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Ch 9 Desperately Seeking Toto , pp 115-122

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Ch 10 And Now for Something Entirely Different , pp 123-129

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Ch 11 After the Ball , pp 131-149

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Ch 12 Capitalism or Industrial Fiefdom , pp 151-167

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Ch 13 The Theory of Fair Markets (TFM): Toward a New Finance Paradigm , pp 169-191

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Ch 14 Epilogue , pp 193-198

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Ch 15 Afterword: Encomium for an Ideologue , pp 199-204

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