The Microfoundations Delusion
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84980-317-5 (ISBN)
He draws on both the philosophy of science and the history of economic thought to demonstrate the dangers of foundational metaphors and the defects of micro-reduction as a methodological principle. Strong criticism of the microfoundations dogma is documented in great detail, from some mainstream and many heterodox economists and also from economic methodologists, social theorists and evolutionary biologists. The author argues for the relative autonomy of macroeconomics as a distinct 'special science', cooperating with but most definitely not reducible to microeconomics.
The Microfoundations Delusion will prove a stimulating and thought-provoking read for scholars, students and researchers in the fields of economics, heterodox economics and history of economic thought.
J.E. King, Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University, Australia and Honorary Professor, Federation University Australia
Contents: 1. Introduction Part I: Microfoundations and the Philosophy of Science 2. Microfoundations as a (Bad) Metaphor 3. Microfoundations as Micro-reduction 4. Two Case Studies: Biology and Social Science Part II: Microfoundations in the History of Economics and Other Social Sciences 5. ‘Microfoundations’ in the Literature of Economics, Part I: 1936–1975 6. ‘Microfoundations’ in the Literature of Economics, Part II: 1975–2012 7. Crossing the Border: ‘Microfoundations’ in the Other Social Sciences Part III: Dissenting Voices 8. The Dissenters, Part I: The Post Keynesians 9. The Dissenters, Part II: Mainstreamers, Austrians and Institutionalists 10. The Economic Methodologists and Microfoundations 11. Conclusion References Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.9.2012 |
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| Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-84980-317-X / 184980317X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-84980-317-5 / 9781849803175 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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