Economic Methodology And Freedom To Choose Routledge Revivals

Author : Patrick O'Sullivan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136736902

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Economic Methodology and Freedom to Choose (Routledge Revivals) by Patrick O'Sullivan Pdf

First published in 1987, Professor O'Sullivan's work provides an in depth philosophical examination of the foundations of method in Economics and other human sciences. The argument is unabashedly dialectical in the great Socratic-Platonic tradition, and the reissue will be very welcome to all students of methodology, in particular those students of economic methodology seeking a refreshing alternative to yet more mathematical game playing. In an age dominated and perhaps to an extent perplexed by an ultimately non-committal postmodernism the book provides a root and branch critique of the epistemological relativism which must lie at the root of the whole post-modernist approach; and in reasserting the fundamental importance not only for the methods of science but also for European civilisation of the pursuit of truth it takes a stance which is very much against the tide of the times. A heterodox perspective is also provided and defended in detail regarding the real nature of economic methodology whereby it is shown that Economics epitomises a teleological mode of explanation which is significantly different from the efficient causal modes of explanation of the natural sciences. In fact Economics is the ultimate subjectivist/interpretative discipline in the methodological sense of Max Weber and Alfred Schutz, a fact which has only been recognised (and welcomed) in the Austrian school of Economics.

Author : Patrick J. O'Sullivan
Publisher : Allen & Unwin Australia
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4149368

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Economic Methodology and Freedom to Choose by Patrick J. O'Sullivan Pdf

Author : Patrick O'Sullivan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136736896

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Economic Methodology and Freedom to Choose (Routledge Revivals) by Patrick O'Sullivan Pdf

First published in 1987, Professor O'Sullivan's work provides an in depth philosophical examination of the foundations of method in Economics and other human sciences. The argument is unabashedly dialectical in the great Socratic-Platonic tradition, and the reissue will be very welcome to all students of methodology, in particular those students of economic methodology seeking a refreshing alternative to yet more mathematical game playing. In an age dominated and perhaps to an extent perplexed by an ultimately non-committal postmodernism the book provides a root and branch critique of the epistemological relativism which must lie at the root of the whole post-modernist approach; and in reasserting the fundamental importance not only for the methods of science but also for European civilisation of the pursuit of truth it takes a stance which is very much against the tide of the times. A heterodox perspective is also provided and defended in detail regarding the real nature of economic methodology whereby it is shown that Economics epitomises a teleological mode of explanation which is significantly different from the efficient causal modes of explanation of the natural sciences. In fact Economics is the ultimate subjectivist/interpretative discipline in the methodological sense of Max Weber and Alfred Schutz, a fact which has only been recognised (and welcomed) in the Austrian school of Economics.

Author : Wilfred Dolfsma,Ioana Negru
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351043786

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The Ethical Formation of Economists by Wilfred Dolfsma,Ioana Negru Pdf

Economists' role in society has always been an uneasy one, and in recent years the ethicality of the profession and its practitioners has been questioned more than ever. This collection of essays is the first to investigate the multifaceted nature of what forms economists' ethical and economic views. Bringing together work from international contributors, The Ethical Formation of Economists explores the ways in which economists are influenced in their training and career, examining how this can explain their individual ethical stances as economists. The book suggests that if we can better understand what is making economists think and act as they do, considering ethicality in the process, we might all be better placed to implement changes. The intent is not to exonerate economists from personal responsibility, but to highlight how considering the circumstances that have helped shape economists' views can help to address issues. It is argued that it is important to understand these influences, as without such insights, the demonization of economists is too easily adapted as a stance by society as well as too easily dismissed by economists. This book will be of great interest to those studying and researching in the fields of economics, ethics, philosophy and sociology. It also seeks to bring an ethical debate within and about economics and to cause change in the practical reasoning of economists.

Author : Tony Lawson,Hashem Pesaran
Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Keynesian economics
ISBN : 0415556511

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Keynes' Economics (Routledge Revivals) by Tony Lawson,Hashem Pesaran Pdf

First published in 1985, this title includes contributions from leading economists and addresses many seminal aspects of Keynes' work and methods. This revival will be of particular interest to lecturers and advanced students of economics.

Author : Roger Backhouse
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Economics
ISBN : 9780415096379

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New Directions in Economic Methodology by Roger Backhouse Pdf

While work on economic methodology has increased this has been coupled with a lack of consensus about the direction and content of the discipline. This book reflects this growing diversity with contributions from the leading methodologists.

Author : Wilfred Dolfsma,D. Wade Hands,Robert McMaster
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429577475

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History, Methodology and Identity for a 21st Century Social Economics by Wilfred Dolfsma,D. Wade Hands,Robert McMaster Pdf

This book seeks to advance social economic analysis, economic methodology, and the history of economic thought in the context of twenty-first-century scholarship and socio-economic concerns. Bringing together carefully selected chapters by leading scholars it examines the central contributions that John Davis has made to various areas of scholarship. In recent decades, criticisms of mainstream economics have rekindled interest in a number of areas of scholarly inquiry that were frequently ignored by mainstream economic theory and practice during the second half of the twentieth century, including social economics, economic methodology and history of economic thought. This book contributes to a growing literature on the revival of these areas of scholarship and highlights the pivotal role that John Davis’s work has played in the ongoing revival. Together, the international panel of contributors show how Davis’s insights in complexity theory, identity, and stratification are key to understanding a reconfigured economic methodology. They also reveal that Davis’s willingness to draw from multiple academic disciplines gives us a platform for interrogating mainstream economics and provides the basis for a humane yet scientific alternative. This unique volume will be essential reading for advanced students and researchers across social economics, history of economic thought, economic methodology, political economy and philosophy of social science.

Author : Hilary Putnam,Vivian Walsh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136576812

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The End of Value-Free Economics by Hilary Putnam,Vivian Walsh Pdf

This book brings together key players in the current debate on positive and normative science and philosophy and value judgements in economics. Both editors have engaged in these debates throughout their careers from its early foundations; Putnam as a doctorial student of Hans Reichenbach at UCLA and Walsh a junior member of Lord Robbins’s department at the London School of Economics, both in the early 1950s. This book collects recent contributions from Martha Nussbaum, Amartya Sen and Partha Dasgupta, as well as a new chapter from the editors.

Author : Roger E. Backhouse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134686742

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Explorations in Economic Methodology by Roger E. Backhouse Pdf

Roger Backhouse is a key figure in the field of economic methodology. Explorations in Economic Methodology both clarifies and responds to the issues raised by the literature and argues that methodology is an essential activity. Offering a constructive, but critical, response to the recent literature, this collection provides important new insights for students and researchers in economic methodology and the philosophy of science.

Author : Bruce Caldwell,John Davis,Uskali Mäki,Esther-Mirjam Sent
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000637984

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Methodology and History of Economics by Bruce Caldwell,John Davis,Uskali Mäki,Esther-Mirjam Sent Pdf

This edited volume provides an in-depth exploration into the influential work of Wade Hands, examining the changing relationship between methodology and the history of economics in connection with contemporary developments in economics. The papers in this volume fall into four parts, each devoted to an important theme in Wade Hands’ work. The first part explores the influence and scope of Reflection without Rules, capturing the rich debate that the book generated about what guides methodological and philosophical thinking in economics. The second part examines Hands’ research on Paul Samuelson’s economics and the methodological dimensions of Samuelson’s thinking. Part three looks to Hands’ long-standing interest in the philosophical foundations of pragmatist thinking. The final part addresses his more recent research in the methodological import of the emergence of behavioural economics. Together, the contributors show how Hands’ insights in complexity theory, identity, and stratification are key to understanding a reconfigured economic methodology. They also reveal how his willingness to draw from multiple academic disciplines gives us a platform for interrogating mainstream economics and provides the basis for a humane yet scientific alternative. This unique volume will be essential reading for advanced students and researchers across social economics, history of economic thought, economic methodology, political economy, and philosophy of social science.

Author : Mark Blaug
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1992-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521436788

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The Methodology of Economics by Mark Blaug Pdf

This book is an examination of the nature of economic explanation. The opening chapters introduce current thinking in the philosophy of science and review the literature on methodology. Professor Blaug then turns to the troublesome question of the logical status of welfare economics, giving the reader an understanding of the outstanding issues in the methodology of economics. This is followed by a series of case studies of leading economic controversies, which shows how controversies in economics may be illuminated by paying attention to questions of methodology. A final chapter draws the strands together and gives the author's view of what is wrong with modern economics. This book is a revised and updated edition of a classic work on the methodology of economics, in which Professor Blaug develops his discussion of the latest developments in macroeconomics, general equilibrium theory and international trade theory. A new section on the rationality postulate is also added.

Author : E. J. Mishan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136629549

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Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare (Routledge Revivals) by E. J. Mishan Pdf

First published in 1981, Professor Mishan’s Economic Efficiency and Social Welfare: Selected Essays on Fundamental Aspects of the Economic Theory of Social Welfare is a collection of 22 pioneering essays written while the author was teaching at the London School of Economics and chosen to indicate landmarks in the development of his own thought. Professor Mishan, who also enjoys an international reputation as a popular writer on the impact of modern economic growth on social welfare, is among the foremost authorities in the field of resource allocation, and his influence in his subject area has been profound. Mishan’s essays, while generally accessible to the layman due to the author’s lucidity, his economy in the use of mathematical notation and his concern with perspective, are invaluable reading for the economics undergraduate. The essays are particularly relevant to upper level students of project appraisal, welfare economics and cost benefit analysis requiring a coherent survey of their field of study.

Author : Othmar Spann
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-24
Category : Economics
ISBN : 0415678978

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Types of Economic Theory (Routledge Revivals) by Othmar Spann Pdf

Spann intended the work to serve as both history of economic thought and a critique of the main theories and systems of political economy, analysing the basic problems of economics in the light of the evolution of economic theory.

Author : Lawrence A. Boland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Economics
ISBN : 1570088241

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The Foundations of Economic Method by Lawrence A. Boland Pdf

Author : Helen Heslop
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317620532

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Theories of Surplus and Transfer (Routledge Revivals) by Helen Heslop Pdf

First published in 1990, this is an analysis of the history of western economics from Petty to Supply-Side, through the prism of the controversies over productive labour and its product. It treats the early economists’ "productive-unproductive" dichotomies as shorthands for many other sets of distinctions relevant for boundaries, value and welfare. Central to the debates is the question of whether the economy is said to generate a ‘surplus’. Economists and politicians with views on these matters include the Physiocrats, Smith and Ricardo, Marx and his Soviet and western admirers, the marginalists, Keynes, Polanyi, Becker, and Reagan. The book maps the shifting emphases that economists and social thinkers have placed on markets and ‘mode’ of production generally. This reissue will be useful to students of economic thought, welfare theory and policy, growth economics and economic systems.