| A Not-So-Dismal Science: A Broader View of Economies and Societies Contributor(s): Olson, Mancur (Editor), Kähkönen, Satu (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198293690 ISBN-13: 9780198293699 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $251.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2000 Annotation: Many of economics' greatest successes have been outside the traditional boundaries of the discipline. Economic ideas have been the intellectual focus in the study of law, while in the study of politics, economists and political scientists using economics-type methods are uniquely influential. In sociology and history, economics has had a smaLLer but growing influence through "rational choice sociology" and "cliometrics." This book shows that, in calling economics the "dismal science, " Thomas CarLyLe was profoundly wrong. Economic ideas have illuminated behavior in all of the social sciences in addition to the economists' traditional domain. The broadening of economics and the use of economists' methods by social scientists in other fields is leading to a unified and positive view of economies and societies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 330 |
| LCCN: 98-33705 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.2" W x 9.7" (1.22 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Many of economics' greatest successes have been outside the traditional boundaries of the discipline. Economic ideas have been the intellectual focus in the study of law, while in the study of politics, economists and political scientists using economics-type methods are uniquely influential. In sociology and history, economics has had a smaller but growing influence through rational choice sociology and cliometrics. This book shows that, in calling economics the dismal science, Thomas Carlyle was profoundly wrong. Economic ideas have illuminated behaviour in all of the social sciences in addition to the economists' traditional domain. The broadening of economics and the use of economists' methods by social scientists in other fields is leading to a unified and positive view of economies and societies. |
