On Economic Knowledge Toward a Science of Political Economics

by Adolph Lowe

Overview

A cross-cultural analysis of the abortion issue in the United States and Canada. The book focuses on: the judicial, legislative and executive branches; public opinion and interest groups; federal agencies; and the roles of subnational authorities and the health care sectors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873322515
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/31/1983
Edition description:	Enl. ed
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)

Table of Contents

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