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Subjectivism and objectivism in the history of economic thought / edited by Yukihiro Ikeda and Kiichiro Yagi.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 146.
- Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 146
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economics--History.
- Economics.
- Subjectivity.
- Objectivity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book investigates the tensions between subjectivism and objectivism in the history of economics. The book looks at the works of Adam Smith, Carl Menger, Leon Walras, William Stanley Jevons, Oskar Morgenstern, Ludwig Mises, Piero Sraffa, and so on. The book highlights the diverse subjective and objective elements of their economic theories and suggests a reframing of methodology to better address the core problems of the theories. Contributors of the volume are leading members of the Japan Society of History of Economic Thought who have provided a comprehensive overview on the ec
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction: subjectivism and objectivism in the history of economic analysis; 1 Subjectivity, objectivity and biological interpretation in Smith's view on the real values of labour, money and corn; 2 Individual rationality and mechanism in the history of microeconomic theory; 3 Quételet's influence on W. S. Jevons: from subjectivism to objectivism; 4 Transforming of rareté? From Auguste to Léon Walras; 5 Austrian subjectivism and hermeneutical economics
- 6 Carl Menger's subjectivism: ""types,"" economic subjects, and microfoundation7 Böhm-Bawerk's objectivism: beyond Menger's subjectivism; 8 Ludwig von Mises as a pure subjectivist; 9 Uncertainty and strategic interdependence in the interwar Viennese milieu; 10 Some evolutionary interpretations of the economic systemsof Piero Sraffa and John von Neumann in the light of complexity; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-27517-7
- 1-283-53308-1
- 9786613845535
- 0-203-11056-0
- 1-136-27518-5
- 9780203110560
- OCLC:
- 806206474
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