The Philosophy of economics : an anthology / edited by Daniel M. Hausman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hausman, Daniel M., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics.

Economics--Philosophy.

Economics--Methodology.

Economía política--Metodología.

Local Subjects:

Economía política--Metodología.

Genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.

Physical Description:

viii, 415 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1984.

Contents:

On the definition and method of political economy / John Mill

The scope and method of political economy / John Keynes

Objectivity and understanding in economics / Max Weber

The nature and significance of economic science / Lionel Robbins

Economics and human action / Frank Knight

Ideology and method in political economy / Karl Marx

The limitations of marginal utility / Thorstein Veblen

On verification in economics / Terence Hutchison

On indirect verification / Fritz Machlup

The methodology of positive economics / Milton Friedman

Testability and approximation / Herbert Simon

Implicit values in economics / Gunnar Myrdal

Science and ideology / Joseph Schumpeter

Value judgments and economics / Kurt Klappholz

On econometric tools / Jacob Marschak

Economic model construction and econometrics / John Keynes

Methodological individualism and the market economy / Ludwig Lachmann

Methodological differences between institutional and neoclassical economics / William Dugger.

On the interanimation of micro and macroeconomics / Alexander Rosenberg

Are general equilibrium theories explanatory? / Daniel Hausman

Paradigms versus research programmes in the history of economics / Mark Blaug.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-405) and index.

ISBN:

0521255082

9780521255080

0521275164

9780521275163

OCLC:

9945666