Format:
1 Online-Ressource (304 Seiten)
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ill
ISBN:
9781781009123
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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pt. I. Microfoundations and the philosophy of science -- pt. II. Microfoundations in the history of economics and other social sciences -- pt. III. Dissenting voices
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In this challenging book, John King makes a sustained and comprehensive attack on the dogma that macroeconomic theory must have 'rigorous microfoundations'. He draws on both the philosophy of science and the history of economic thought to demonstrate the dangers of foundational metaphors and the defects of micro-reduction as a methodological principle. Strong criticism of the microfoundations dogma is documented in great detail, from some mainstream and many heterodox economists and also from economic methodologists, social theorists and evolutionary biologists. The author argues for the relative autonomy of macroeconomics as a distinct 'special science', cooperating with but most definitely not reducible to microeconomics
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 184980317X
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druckausgabe ISBN 9781849803175
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
Keywords:
Makroökonomie
;
Geschichte
DOI:
10.4337/9781781009123
URL:
Volltext
(URL des Erstveröffentlichers)
URL:
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