Economics As Discourse An Analysis of the Language of Economists
1 Warren J. Samuels The study of economics as discourse requires a perspective that focuses on the relationships among knowledge (or truth), discourse (or lan guage), and meaning. Central to this task is the recognition that the con duct of economic analysis uses words and that words embody meanin...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1990, 1990
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1990 |
| Series: | Recent Economic Thought
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Economics as a Postmodern Discourse
- 3 A Hermeneutic Approach to Economics: If Economics Is Not Science, and If It Is Not Merely Mathematics, Then What Could It Be?
- 4 Economics as Ideology
- 5 The Textbook Presentation of Economic Discourse
- 6 Hermeneutics, Subjectivity, and the Lester/Machlup Debate: Toward a More Anthropological Approach to Empirical Economics
- 7 Walras’ “Economics and Mechanics”: Translation, Commentary, Context
- 8 Deconstructing Robert Lucas