On Economic Knowledge Toward a Science of Political Economics

Preface to First Edition PART ONE CAN ECONOM ICS BE A SCIENCE? 1. Man-Matter-Society 2. The Economics of a Market Society 3. Economic Behavior and the Evolution of Capitalism PART TWO THE LOGIC OF ECONOM IC SCIENCE 4. A Model for the Traditional Theory of the Market 5. Toward a Science of Political Economics PART THREE THE HISTORICAL TREND OF ECONOM IC SCIENCE 6. The Origin of Traditional Theory: Adam Smith's System of Equilibrium Growth 7. An Alternative to the Original System: Karl Marx's Theory of Cyclical Transformation 8. The Erosion of the Original System: The Post-Classical Pure Economics 9. Emergence of a New System: J. M. Keynes's Rudiments of Political Economics PART FOUR ASPECTS OF A SCIENCE OF POLITICAL ECONOMICS 10. Instrumental Inference 11. Instrumental Inference in Operation a. Macro-Equilibrium B. Stabilization c. Balancing of Growth 12. The Vindication of Goals PART FIVE A POSTSCRIPT Political Economics in the Late Twentieth Century