The Economics Anti-Textbook: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Microeconomics

The typical introductory economics textbook teaches that economics is a valuefree science; that economists have an agreed-upon methodology; and they know which models are best to apply to any given problem. They give the impression that markets generally are sufficiently competitive that (for the most part) they lead to efficient outcomes; that minimum wages and unions are harmful to workers themselves; and that government regulation is either ineffective or harmful. This Anti-Textbook points out that all this is a myth.