The Reconstruction of Economic Theory

Introduction: Paradigms, Hard Cores, and Fuglemen in Modern Economic Theory.- Reconceptualizing Classical Economics.- Property Appropriation and Economic Theory.- Time and Equilibrium.- The Role of Formalism in Economic Thought, with Illustration Drawn from the Analysis of Social Interaction in the Firm.- Mathematical Formalism and Economic Explanation.- Institutions as a Solution Concept in a Game Theory Context.

List of contents

Introduction: Paradigms, Hard Cores, and Fuglemen in Modern Economic Theory.- Reconceptualizing Classical Economics.- Property Appropriation and Economic Theory.- Time and Equilibrium.- The Role of Formalism in Economic Thought, with Illustration Drawn from the Analysis of Social Interaction in the Firm.- Mathematical Formalism and Economic Explanation.- Institutions as a Solution Concept in a Game Theory Context.

About the author

Philip Mirowski ist einer der wichtigsten kritischen Wirtschaftswissenschaftler der USA. Er ist Professor für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Geschichte und Philosophie der Wissenschaften an der University of Notre Dame in Indiana. Sein Forschungsinteresse gilt der Verschränkung von wirtschaftlichen Interessen und Denkmodellen der Wissenschaft.

Product details

• Assisted by: Phili Mirowski (Editor), Philip Mirowski (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.11.2013
• EAN: 9789401741941
• ISBN: 978-94-0-174194-1
• No. of pages: 266
• Illustrations: X, 266 p.
• Series: Recent Economic Thought; Recent Economic Thought
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics