Against Mechanism : Protecting Economics from Science

Mirowski, Philip

ISBN 10: 0847674363 / ISBN 13: 9780847674367

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 1988

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 3570305-6

Synopsis:

'...the history of economic theory at its best.'-EASTERN ECONOMIC JOURNAL

About the Author: Philip Mirowski is Carl Koch Professor of Economics and the History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Notre Dame. His areas of specialization are in the history and philosophy of economics and the politics and economics of knowledge, with subsidiary areas in evolutionary computational economics, the economics of science and technological change, science studies and the history of the natural sciences. His most recent books include The Effortless Economy of Science (2004, winner of the Ludwig Fleck Prize from the Society for the Social Studies of Science), Machine Dreams (Cambridge University Press, 2001) and ScienceMart (2011), and he edited Agreement on Demand (2006), Science Bought and Sold (2001) and The Road from Mont Pelerin (2009). His landmark book More Heat than Light (Cambridge University Press, 1989) has been translated into French (2001). He has been the recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright program and New York University and was elected visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. He was elected President of the History of Economics Society for 2011.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Against Mechanism : Protecting Economics ...
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good