| The Methodology of Economics: Or, How Economists Explain Revised Edition Contributor(s): Blaug, Mark (Author), Mark, Blaug (Author), Pencavel, John (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521436788 ISBN-13: 9780521436786 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $33.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1992 Annotation: This book examines the nature of economic explanation. The author introduces current thinking in the philosophy of science and reviews the literature on methodology. He looks at the status of welfare economics, and also provides a series of case studies of leading economic controversies, showing how they 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 330.072 |
| LCCN: 92004375 |
| Series: Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.99" W x 8.96" (0.97 lbs) 316 pages |