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This book maintains that economics is a social science whose mission is to explain and, when possible, predict, phenomena of the real-world economy. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to see economics return to its origins as a social science.
List of contents
Acknowledgements, PREFACE, Chapter 1. WHY ECONOMICS WENT ASTRAY, Chapter 2. THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, Chapter 3. WHAT CAN ECONOMICS LEARN FROM OTHER SCIENCES?, Chapter 4. THE METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH IN THE CLASSICS, Chapter 5. MARSHALL AND WALRAS , Chapter 6. THE KEYNESIAN REVOLUTION, Chapter 7. THE COUNTER-REVOLUTION: FROM FRIEDMAN AND LUCAS TO ARROW-DEBREU, Chapter 8. FROM THE REAL BUSINESS CYCLE THEORY TO THE NEW KEYNESIANISM, Chapter 9. ECONOMICS AS A REAL-WORLD SOCIAL SCIENCE, Chapter 10. THE NEED FOR PLURALISM IN ECONOMICS, Chapter 11. NORMATIVE ECONOMICS, Chapter 12. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS, APPENDIX
About the author
Victor A. Beker is Professor of Economics at the University of Belgrano and the University of Buenos Aires, both in Argentina. He has been Director of the Economics Department at the University of Belgrano and of the Economics Programme at the University of Buenos Aires, and has been awarded several prizes for his works in economics. A former Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, he is also author of several economics books and papers.
Summary
This book maintains that economics is a social science whose mission is to explain and, when possible, predict, phenomena of the real-world economy. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to see economics return to its origins as a social science.
