The methodology of economics, or, How economists explain= How economists explain= Methodology of economics/

Main Author: Blaug, Mark
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Cambridge surveys of economic literature
Subjects:
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250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a Cambridge:  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 1992 
300 |a xxviii, 286 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
490 0 |a Cambridge surveys of economic literature 
500 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-273) and indexes. 
500 |a Contents: Pt. I. What you always wanted to know about the philosophy of sciencebut were afraid to ask. 1. From the received view to the views ofPopper. 2. From Popper to the new heterodoxy -- Pt. II. The history ofeconomic methodology. 3. The verificationists, a largelynineteenth-century story. 4. The falsificationists, a whollytwentieth-century story. 5. The distinction between positive andnormative economics -- Pt. III. A methodological appraisal of theneoclassical research program. 6. The theory of consumer behavior. 7.The theory of the firm. 8. General equilibrium theory. 9. Marginalproductivity theory. 10. Switching, reswitching, and all that. 11. TheHeckscher-Ohlin theory of international trade. 12. Keynesians versusmonetarists. 13. Human capital theory. 14. The new economics of thefamily. 15. The rationality postulate -- Pt. IV. What have we nowlearned about economics? 16. Conclusions. 
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