Economic Methodology: Understanding Economics as a Science - Softcover

Boumans, Marcel; Davis, John

 
9780230218130: Economic Methodology: Understanding Economics as a Science

Synopsis

Like other sciences, the study of economics has been shaped by rigorous arguments and debates that continue to influence economists today. In this fascinating introduction, Boumans and Davis consider the scientific nature of the methods, logic, and forms of explanation that underlie economics as a discipline.

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About the Author

MARCEL BOUMANS is Associate Professor and Co-director of the faculty research programme History and Methodology of Economics at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. JOHN B. DAVIS is Professor of History and Philosophy of Economics and Co-director of the faculty research programme History and Methodology of Economics at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Professor of Economics at Marquette University, USA.

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ISBN 10:  0230218121 ISBN 13:  9780230218123
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
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