Why Economics is Not Yet a Science
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Why Economics is Not Yet a Science

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Why Economics is Not Yet a Science

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First published in 1983. A collection of papers directed at those outside the field of Economics, to open up discussions around the scientific worth of Economics.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
ISBN
9781315495958
Edition
1
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Human Sexuality in Psychology
Index
Psychology

Index

A matrix, 220-21
abstraction, 45, 55, 64, 69, 71, 151, 183, 187
academic economics, 92-99, 119-21
academic hierarchy, in economics (see economics profession, hierarchical structure of)
accelerator-multiplier model, 135-38
AFDC payments, 57
agenda screen, 111-14
aggregation, x, 145, 150-52, 214
American Economic Review, xii, 23-24, 28, 31-32, 36-38, 110
analytical statements, 17, 33
Andrews, P. W. S., 91, 93, 97-98, 106, 108, 114-16, 118-19
anomalies, 101, 106
anthropology, 195-97
antitrust, 203
applied economics, 230
a priori reasoning (see axiomatic reasoning)
appointments, in economics, 95, 183, 227-28, 234
Aristotelian thought, 65, 84-85
Arrow, Kenneth, 181, 213, 236
assumptions, 207-09;
in economics, 32, 50, 52, 55, 69, 86, 101, 107-08, 121, 143, 167-68, 183, 192, 230, 234
Augustine, Saint, 66
Austrian school, 67, 78, 81, 85
axiomatic reasoning, 5, 6, 67, 70, 73-74, 113, 183, 187, 189 (see also deductive reasoning)
axioms, 70-71, 74, 79, 84-85, 167, 180-81, 206
banking, 54
Barback, R. H., 106
Becker, Gary, 31
behavioral theory, 6, 90-93, 100, 107, 115, 119;
of economics profession, 92-99;
of the firm, 114
Blaug, Mark, 150-52, 160
Boorman, J. T., 53-54
Borts, George, 25-26
bridging dev...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Dedication
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. FOREWORD
  8. PREFACE
  9. INTRODUCTION
  10. WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ASKING WHETHER ECONOMICS IS A SCIENCE?
  11. MODERN EMPIRICISM AND QUANTUM-LEAP THEORIZING IN ECONOMICS
  12. IDEOLOGY, METHODOLOGY, AND NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS
  13. A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF ECONOMISTS' BEHAVIOR
  14. THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY MAINSTREAM MACROECONOMICS: VISION, IDEOLOGY, AND THEORY
  15. HOW ECONOMISTS MISUSE MATHEMATICS
  16. INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS: TOWARD PROGRESS IN ECONOMIC SCIENCE
  17. WHY ECONOMICS IS NOT YET A SCIENCE
  18. INDEX
  19. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS