Truth versus precision in economics

Main Author: Mayer, Thomas, 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hants, England: E. Elgar, 1993
Series:Advances in economic methodology
Subjects:
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300 |a x, 192 p. ;  |c 23 cm. 
490 0 |a Advances in economic methodology 
500 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
500 |a Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Economists as Economic Agents: Towards a Positive Theory of Methodology -- 3. Two Types of Mainstream Economics -- 4.Honour them Both -- 5. Truth versus Precision -- 6. Other Types of Damage -- 7. New Classical Theory - General Characteristics -- 8. New Classical Theory - Specific Hypotheses -- 9. Model or Die -- 10.Empirical Testing: Driving a Mercedes down a Cow-track -- 11. Good Dentists or Bad Physicists? 
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