عنوان

The methodology of economics, or, How economists explain /

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0521430615

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0521436788 (pbk.)

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b528248

Title Proper

The methodology of economics, or, How economists explain /

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

Mark Blaug

Edition Statement

Second edition

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Cambridge University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1992

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxviii, 286 pages ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Series Title

Cambridge surveys of economic literature

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-273) and indexes

Text of Note

Pt. 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 -- Pt. II: The history of economic methodology. 3: The verificationists, a largely nineteenth-century story. 4: The falsificationists, a wholly twentieth-century story. 5: The distinction between positive and normative economics -- Pt. III: A methodological appraisal of the neoclassical research program. 6: The theory of consumer behavior. 7: The theory of the firm. 8: General equilibrium theory. 9: Marginal productivity 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 -- Pt. IV: What have we now learned about economics? 16: Conclusions

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Economics-- Methodology

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Edition

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Blaug, Mark

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20141128122735.0

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