Methodology of Economics - Or, How Economists Explain

Klappentext This is a revised and updated edition of a classic work on the methodology of economics. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. What You Always Wanted to Know about the Philosophy of Science but Were Afraid to Ask: 1. From the received view to the views of Popper; 2. From Popper to the new heterodoxy; Part II. The History of Economic Methodology: 3. The verifications, a largely nineteenth-century story; 4. The falsifications, a wholly twentieth-century story; 5. The distinction between positive and normative economics; Part III. A Methodological Appraisal of the Neoclassical Research Program: 6. The theory of consumer behaviour; 7. The theory of fun; 8. General equilibrium theory; 9. Marginal productive theory; 10. Switching, reswitching, and all that; 11. The Heckscher-Ohlin theory of international trade; 12. Keynesians versus monetarists; 13. Human capital theory; 14. The new economics of the family; 15. The rationality postulate; Part IV. What Have We Now Learned about Economics?: 16. Conclusions; Glossary; Suggestions for further reading; Bibliography; Name index; Subject index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mark Blaug, Mark (University of London) Blaug, Blaug Mark
• Mitarbeit: John Pencavel (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 31.07.1992
• EAN: 9780521436786
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43678-6
• Seiten: 316
• Serien: Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature; Cambridge Surveys of Economic; Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Volkswirtschaft