Why Economics is Not Yet a Science

by Alfred S. Eicher

Overview

First published in 1983. A collection of papers directed at those outside the field of Economics, to open up discussions around the scientific worth of Economics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873322652
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/01/1983
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Alfred S. Eichner, Professor of Economics at Rutgers University, is the author of The Megacorp and Oligopoly and the editor of A Guide to Post-Keynesian Theory.

Table of Contents

WHAT DO WE MEAN BY ASKING WHETHER ECONOMICS IS A SCIENCE? MODERN EMPIRICISM AND QUANTUM-LEAP THEORIZING IN ECONOMICS, IDEOLOGY, METHODOLOGY, AND NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS, A BEHAVIORAL THEORY OF ECONOMISTS’ BEHAVIOR, THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONTEMPORARY MAINSTREAM MACROECONOMICS: VISION, IDEOLOGY, AND THEORY, HOW ECONOMISTS MISUSE MATHEMATICS, INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS: TOWARD PROGRESS IN ECONOMIC SCIENCE, WHY ECONOMICS IS NOT YET A SCIENCE