Issues In Heterodox Economics
1st Edition
Published on 4. January 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-4051-7961-4 (ISBN)
Description
Through contributions from leading authors, Issues in Heterodox Economics provides a critical analysis of the methodology of mainstream economics.
Challenges economists to abandon sterile formalism and develop new intellectual rigors to contribute to pressing contemporary issues
A series of cutting-edge articles provides a critical analysis of the dependence of mainstream economics on mathematical modelling and other methodologies
Topics discussed include sustainable development, worker control of firms, evolutionary growth theory, and more
Challenges economists to abandon sterile formalism and develop new intellectual rigors to contribute to pressing contemporary issues
Challenges economists to abandon sterile formalism and develop new intellectual rigors to contribute to pressing contemporary issues
A series of cutting-edge articles provides a critical analysis of the dependence of mainstream economics on mathematical modelling and other methodologies
Topics discussed include sustainable development, worker control of firms, evolutionary growth theory, and more
Challenges economists to abandon sterile formalism and develop new intellectual rigors to contribute to pressing contemporary issues
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-7961-4 (9781405179614)
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Person
Donald A.R. George is Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Edinburgh. He has been a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, Visiting Associate Professor of Economics at Queen's University, Canada, and Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He has published extensively on the economics of self-management, economic dynamics, and the economics of product reliability, and is joint founding editor of the Journal of Economic Surveys.
Content
1. Consolations for The Economist: The Future of Economic Orthodoxy 1
Donald A.R. George
2. Axiomatization and Formalism in Economics 11
T.A. Boylan and P.F. O'Gorman
3. Variety of Methodological Approach in Economics 33
Sheila C. Dow
4. Variations on The Theme of Conning in Mathematical Economics 53
K. Vela Velupillai
5. The Sociological Approach to Financial Markets 95
Alex Preda
6. Workers' Savings and The Right to Manage 123
Donald A.R. George
7. A New Vision of The Knowledge Economy 143
Brian Chi-ang Lin
8. Evolutionary and New Growth Theories. Are They Converging? 175
Fulvio Castellacci
9. Repetition and Financial incentives in Economics Experiments 219
Jinkwon Lee
Index 273
Donald A.R. George
2. Axiomatization and Formalism in Economics 11
T.A. Boylan and P.F. O'Gorman
3. Variety of Methodological Approach in Economics 33
Sheila C. Dow
4. Variations on The Theme of Conning in Mathematical Economics 53
K. Vela Velupillai
5. The Sociological Approach to Financial Markets 95
Alex Preda
6. Workers' Savings and The Right to Manage 123
Donald A.R. George
7. A New Vision of The Knowledge Economy 143
Brian Chi-ang Lin
8. Evolutionary and New Growth Theories. Are They Converging? 175
Fulvio Castellacci
9. Repetition and Financial incentives in Economics Experiments 219
Jinkwon Lee
Index 273