Format:
1 online resource (208 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780415667128
,
9780203121658
Series Statement:
Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy Series
Content:
In the light of questions about the state and responsibility in the wake of the financial crisis, the debate on value-neutrality and objectivity has again come to the fore. This volume brings together economists, sociologists and philosophers, to explore the key issues involved in this debate
Note:
Front Cover -- Facts, Values and Objectivity in Economics -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: the issues at stake: José Castro Caldas and Vítor Neves -- 2. Economics and moral sentiments: the case of moral hazard: Sheila C. Dow -- 3. The conflicting languages of economics and human rights: Manuel Couret Branco -- 4. The meaning of objectivity: what can we learn from Robbins and Myrdal?: José Castro Caldas and Vítor Neves -- 5. Values, objectivity and moral realism: Nuno Ornelas Martins -- 6. The facts and values of experimental economics: Ana C. Santos -- 7. The contribution of the sociology of quantification to a discussion of objectivity in economics: Laura Centemeri -- 8. Embodied expectations: the somatic subject and the changing political economy of life and health: João Arriscado Nunes -- 9. Deep contextualism and radical criticism: the argument for a division of labour in contemporary political theory: Mathias Thaler -- 10. Practical reasoning in economic affairs: the Human Development Index as a case study: Ricardo F. Crespo -- Index
Additional Edition:
Print version Castro Caldas, José Facts, Values and Objectivity in Economics Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 ISBN 9780415667128
Language:
English
Keywords:
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