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

Blaug, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521294371 ISBN 13: 9780521294379

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1980

Synopsis

This book is an examination of the nature of economic explanation. The opening chapters introduce fresh thinking in the philosophy of science and review the literature on methodology. Professor Blaug then turns to the troublesome question of the logical status of welfare economics, giving the reader an understanding of the outstanding issues in the methodology of economics. This is followed by a series of case studies of leading economic controversies, which shows how controversies in economics 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 late twentieth-century economics. This book is a revised edition of a classic work on the methodology of economics, in which Professor Blaug develops his discussion of the distinct developments in macroeconomics, general equilibrium theory and international trade theory. Rationality postulate is also added as a section.

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Book Description

This book is an examination of the nature of economic explanation and methodology. Professor Blaug focuses on the logical status of welfare economics, giving the reader an understanding of macroeconomics, general equilibrium theory and international trade theory as well as a section on rationality postulate.

About the Author

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

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0521294371
• ISBN 13: 9780521294379
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304