Methodology of Economics 2ed (Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature) - Softcover

Blaug

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521436788 ISBN 13: 9780521436786

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book examines the nature of economic explanation. The author introduces current thinking in the philosophy of science and reviews the literature on methodology. He looks at the status of welfare economics, and also provides a series of case studies of leading economic controversies, showing how they may be illuminated by paying attention to questions of methodology. A final chapter draws the strands together and gives the author's view of what is wrong with modern economics. This book is a revised and updated edition of a classic work on the methodology of economics.

About this title

Book Description:

A revised and updated edition of a classic work on the nature of economic explanation introduces current thinking in the philosophy of science, looks at the status of welfare economics and provides a series of case studies of leading economic controversies as well.

About the Author:

Blaug is Professor Emeritus, Univeristy of London, Professor Emeritus, University of Buckingham, UK and University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521436788
• ISBN 13: 9780521436786
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 316