| Critical Realism in Economics: Development and Debate Contributor(s): Fleetwood, Steve (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415195683 ISBN-13: 9780415195683 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1998 Annotation: There is a growing perception among economists that their field is becoming increasingly irrelevant due to its disregard for reality. Critical realism addresses the failure of mainstream economics to explain economic reality and proposes an alternative approach. This book debates the relative strengths and weaknesses of critical realism, in the hopes of developing a more fruitful and relevant socio-economic ontology and methodology. With contributions from some of the leading authorities in economic philosophy, it includes the work of theorists critical of this approach. In the first part, contributors develop and deepen economics as a realist social theory by considering the work of individuals, various schools of thought, socio- economic phenomena and methodology. In the second part, contributors weigh the strengths and weaknesses of critical realism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory |
| Dewey: 330 |
| LCCN: 98-23387 |
| Series: Economics as Social Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.02" (0.83 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Drawing on the fields of economic methodology and economic theory, this title opens up new forms of investigation in economics and transforms the nature of economic reasoning. The work combines contributions from authors critical of this approach with those who are concerned to clarify its full implications for contemporary economics. This is a volume of reflection and learning by some of the leading authorities in the field of economic philosophy. |