Is there progress in economics? knowledge, truth and the history of economic thought

This thought-provoking book discusses the concept of progress in economics and investigates whether any advance has been made in its different spheres of research. The authors look back at the history, successes and failures of their respective fields and thoroughly examine the notion of progress fr...

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Main Author: Boehm, Stephan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, U.K Edward Elgar c2002
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Summary:This thought-provoking book discusses the concept of progress in economics and investigates whether any advance has been made in its different spheres of research. The authors look back at the history, successes and failures of their respective fields and thoroughly examine the notion of progress from an epistemological and methodological perspective
pt. 1. Progress : a contested concept? -- pt. 2. Progress in the history of ideas : alternative approaches -- pt. 3. Roundtable : is there progress in economics? -- pt. 4. Normative economics -- pt. 5. Monetary economics -- pt. 6. Trade and location -- pt. 7. Currents of thought -- pt. 8. Reflections on the classical long-period method
Physical Description:xxii, 410 p ill
ISBN:9781840646832
9781843765622
1840646837