Crossing the mainstream : ethical and methodological issues in economics / Amitava K. Dutt and Kenneth P. Jameson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dutt, Amitava Krishna.

Jameson, Kenneth P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economics.

Economic development--Moral and ethical aspects.

Economic development.

Economics--Methodology.

Physical Description:

xi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2001]

Summary:

Ethical and Methodological Issues in Economics

Contents:

Introduction. Crossing the mainstream : an introduction / Amitava K. Dutt and Ken Jameson

Ethics and economics. Ethical issues in development. Ethical analysis in development economics / Denis Goulet

The costs of development revisited in the era of globalization / Kenneth P. Jameson

Growth, distribution and inequality traps : old and new themes / Jaime Ros

Ethical issues in affluent societies. Consumption, happiness and religion / Amitava Krishna Dutt

Estimating the relative poverty status of children and the elderly in the US using a comprehensive measure of poverty / David Betson

The contested values and political economy of social security reform / Teresa Ghilarducci.

Economic methodology. History of economic thought. Economism from affront to facade or the contours of American economic orthodoxy, 1929-1989 / Philip Mirowski

Alfred Marshall and neoclassical economics : some insights from his correspondence / Warren Samuels

Methodology of contemporary economics. Rethinking the social character of social science / Jon Wisman

Cartels and the construction of the economist's culture / Howard Wachtel

Institutionalist approach and methodology. Endogenous preferences : the institutionalist connection / Robin Hahnel

Institutional analysis of financial crises / Martin Wolfson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0268022674

OCLC:

45879479