Synopses & Reviews
Contains four sets of refereed essays. One group includes papers on Harrod and Robertson; Adam Smith; Keynes; Mendeleev; Veblen; and J. M. Clark. The second group has six papers on the historiography of institutional economics during the inter-war period. The third group has two papers on a conference on the status of the status quo. The fourth group has thirteen essays each reviewing one or more recent works.
Synopsis
This volume examines topics in the discourse and methodology of economics, focusing on the types of metaphor, the use of mathematics, and the Economics of... literature. Other articles deal with some continuities between Adam Smith and Max Weber, and pre-Keynesian heterodoxy in macro-monetary dynamics. A special section presents multiple reviews of books by Yuval Yonay and Perry Mehrling on American economic thought during the inter-war period. Also included are reviews covering topics such as Classical political economy, Marx, communitarianism, Scholasticism, Hume's political ideas, and rational expectations.
Synopsis
Examines topics in the discourse and methodology of economics, focusing on the types of metaphor, the use of mathematics, and the "Economics of..." literature. This work also includes reviews covering topics such as Classical political economy, Marx, communitarianism, Scholasticism, Hume's political ideas, and rational expectations.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 389-394) and index.
Table of Contents
Worland). Bordo, "Golden and White's The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century" (W.J. Barber). White's "Karl Marx and the Intellectual Origins of Diacletical Materialism" (V. Barnett). Haakonssen's "Hume's Political Essays" (R. Urquhart). Rashid's "Myth of Adam Smith" (A.S. Skinner). Pearson's "Origins of Law and Economics: The Economists' New Science of Law, 1830-1930" and Fried's "The Progressive Assault on Laissez Faire: Robert Hale and the First Law and Economics Movement" (S.G. Medema). Wible's "The Economics of Science: Methodology and Epistemology as if Economics Really Mattered: (E-M. Sent).