Examine and discuss criticisms levelled at the feet of orthodox economics of being ‘autistic’? 2. Explain why ‘trickle down economics’, whilst widely seen as discredited, still enjoys much support by western governments. 3. Using contemporary examples, show how assumptions in orthodox economic theory (realistic or otherwise) are shaping government policies, business practices and human behaviour. 4. Critically discuss the treatment of non-economic values in orthodox (neoclassical) economics? 5. Discuss the relationship between neoclassical economics and neoliberalism.
