| Economics and Reality Contributor(s): Lawson, Tony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415154219 ISBN-13: 9780415154215 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: There is an increasingly widespread belief, both within and outside the discipline, that modern economics is irrelevant to the understanding of the real world. "Economics and Reality" traces this irrelevance to the failure of economists to match their methods with their subject, showing that formal, mathematical models are unsuitable to the social realities economists purport to address. Tony Lawson examines the various ways in which mainstream economics is rooted in positivist philosophy and examines the problems this causes. It focuses on human agency, social structure and their interaction and explores how the understanding of this social phenomena can be used to transform the nature of economic practice. "Economics and Reality" concludes by showing how this newly transformed economics might set about shaping economic policy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - General |
| Dewey: 330 |
| LCCN: 96-16352 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Series: Economics as Social Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.1" W x 9.12" (1.10 lbs) 388 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 'No reality please. We're economists'. There is a wide spread belief that modern economics is irrelevant to the understanding of the real world. In a controversial and original study, Tony Lawson argues that the root of this irrelevance is in the failure of economists to find methods and tools which are appropriate for the social world it addresses. |