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“lawrence boland”

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  • The Principles of Economics

    Some Lies My Teacher Told Me

    by Lawrence Boland ...
    This book is about forming effective critiques of neoclassical economics. Its focus is on constructive criticism of the foundations neoclassical theory, beginning with what Alfred Marshall called the `Principles of Economics'. It concludes that there is still much that can be done to make neoclassical economics more realistic. ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • Critical Economic Methodology

    A Personal Odyssey

    by Lawrence Boland ...
    Lawrence Boland takes issue with both economic methodologists and practicing economists. He argues that there has been too much 'methodology for methodology's sake' and that mainstream economics might benefit by using methodology to take a critical look at economic theory. ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

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  • Frameworks for Policy Analysis

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  • Feminism, Objectivity and Economics

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  • The Philosophy of Economics

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  • New Directions in Economic Methodology

    Edited by Roger E. Backhouse ...
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  • Post-Modernism, Economics and Knowledge

    Edited by Jack Amariglio, Stephen E Cullenberg, David F Ruccio ...
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    Only in the past twenty years have debates surrounding modernism and postmodernism begun to have an impact on economics. This new way of thinking rejects claims that science and mathematics provide the only models for the structure of economic knowledge. This ground-breaking volume brings together the essays of top theorists including Arjo Klamer, Deirdre McCloskey, Julie Nelson, Shaun Hargreaves ... Read more

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  • The Methodology of Economics

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    by Mark Blaug ...
    Series series Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature
    This book is an examination of the nature of economic explanation. The opening chapters introduce current thinking in the philosophy of science and review the literature on methodology. Professor Blaug then turns to the troublesome question of the logical status of welfare economics, giving the reader an understanding of the outstanding issues in the methodology of economics. This is followed by a ... Read more

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  • Essays on: The Nature and State of Modern Economics

    by Tony Lawson ...
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    What do modern academic economists do? What currently is mainstream economics? What is neoclassical economics? And how about heterodox economics? How do the central concerns of modern economists, whatever their associations or allegiances, relate to those traditionally taken up in the discipline? And how did economics arrive at its current state? These and various cognate questions and concerns ... Read more

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  • Philosophy of Economics

    A Contemporary Introduction

    by Julian Reiss ...
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    Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in economics, and presents detailed discussions of the solutions that have been offered.Throughout, philosophical issues are illustrated by and analysed in the context of concrete cases drawn from ... Read more

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  • On What Matters

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