The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics
2nd Edition
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- Author: Daniel M. Hausman, Rutgers University, New Jersey
- Date Published: June 2023
- availability: Available
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009320290
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Is economics a science? What distinguishes it from other sciences, both natural and social? Like many of the natural sciences, its theories are mathematically complex. Yet, like the social sciences, its 'laws' are largely everyday generalizations. Can such generalizations, which are far from universal truths, constitute a science? Does economics have a distinctive method? The first edition answered these and other questions about the scientific status of economics and its underlying methodology. In this fully updated new edition, Dan Hausman reflects on developments in both economics and the philosophy of economics over the last thirty years. It includes a new chapter on the methodology of macroeconomics, an updated discussion on the use of models, and new discussions causal inference and behavioural economics and their implications for theory appraisal. It is the perfect choice for a new generation of students studying the methodology of modern economics.
Read more- Clears away misconceptions concerning the structure of economics and economic modeling
- Provides an introduction to philosophy of science that is relevant to the concerns of economists
- Provides a broader perspective controversies concerning the role of assumptions, idealizations, models, and causal reasoning in economics
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- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: June 2023
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781009320290
- length: 450 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 159 x 35 mm
- weight: 0.92kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Introduction: Content, Structure and Strategy of Mainstream Economics:
1. Rationality, preferences and utility theory
2. Demand and consumer choice
3. Theory of the firm and general equilibrium
4. Equilibrium theory and normative economics
5. Equilibrium theory and macroeconomic models
6. Models and theories in economics
7. The structure and strategy of economics
8. Overlapping generations: a case study
Part II. Theory Assessment:
9. Inexactness in economic theory
10. Mill's deductive method and the assessment of economic hypotheses
11. Methodological revolution
12. Karl Popper, Imre Lakatos: Falsificationism and research programs
13. The inexact deductive method
14. Casting off dogmatism: the case of preference reversals
Part III. Conclusion:
15. Economic methodology
16. Conclusions.
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