The Methodology of Economics: Or How Economists Explain 2/ed.

Blaug,Mark

ISBN 10: 0521436788 / ISBN 13: 9780521436786

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1997

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This book is an examination of the nature of economic explanation. The open ing 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 under standing of the outstanding issues in the methodology of economics. This is followed by a series of case studies of leading economic controversies, whose purpose is not to settle substantive questions on which economists disagree, but rather to show 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 is a revised and updated edition of the 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. 480 gr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Methodology of Economics: Or How Economists Explain 2/ed.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521436788
• ISBN 13: 9780521436786
• Binding: Blanda
• Illustrator: No Aplica
• Edition: 2.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Nuevo
• Book Type: Libro

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Synopsis

This is a revised and updated edition of a classic work on the methodology of economics.

Review

'It is beyond doubt that Blaug's book is one of the few really outstanding works in the recent literature on economic methodology.' Andrea Salanti, Ricerche Economiche