Philosophy of Economics - On the Scope of Reason in Economic Inquiry

List of contents

Preface 1 Introduction PART I 2 Hume and the Economists 3 Understanding the Consensus 4 Difficulties with Moral Scepticism PART II 5 Objectivity and Freedom 6 Expertise and Democracy PART III 7 An Example from Microeconomics 8 A Dialogue in Macroeconomics 9 Mathematical Economics and Reality 10 Remarks on the Foundations of Welfare Economics 11 Envoy

About the author

Subroto Roy

Summary

The first work to seriously and successfully bridge twentieth century economics and philosophy. Subroto Roy draws these two disciplines together and examines the intellectual roots of economics.

Product details

• Authors: Subroto Roy, Roy Subroto
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138418950
• ISBN: 978-1-138-41895-0
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: International Library of Philosophy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; PHILOSOPHY / General, Economic theory & philosophy, Economic theory and philosophy