The Philosophy of Economics

Introduction; Part I. Classic Discussions: 1. On the definition and method of political economy John Stuart Mill; 2. Objectivity and understanding in economics Max Weber; 3. The nature and significance of economic science Lionel Robbins; 4. Economics and human action Frank Knight; 5. Ideology and method in political economy Karl Marx; 7. The limitations of marginal utility Thorstein Veblen; Part II. Positivism and Economic Methodology: 7. On verification in economics Terence W. Hutchison; 8. On indirect verification Fritz Machlup; 9. The methodology of positive economics Milton Friedman; 10. Testability and approximation Herbert Simon; 11. Why look under the hood? Daniel M. Hausman; Part III. Economics, Ideology, and Ethics: 12. Science and ideology Joseph Schumpeter; 13. Science and ideology in economics Robert M. Solow; 14. Economics, rationality, and ethics Daniel M. Hausman and Michael S. McPherson; Part IV. Special Methodological Problems and Perspectives: 15. On econometric tools Jacob Marschak; 16. Economic model construction and econometrics John Maynard Keynes; 17. The corporation and the economist Dennis C. Mueller; 18. The market as a creative process James M. Buchanan and Viktor J. Vanberg;19. Methodological differences between institutional and neoclassical economics William Dugger; Part V. New Philosophical Directions and Questions: 20. Paradigms versus research programmes in the history of economics Mark Blaug; 21. If economics isn't science, what is it? Alexander Rosenberg; 22. The rhetoric of economics Donald N. McCloskey.