The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics


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This book offers a comprehensive overview of the structure, strategy and methods of assessment of orthodox theoretical economics.




The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics


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A comprehensive overview of theoretical economics, its distinctive modeling strategy, applicability, and empirical support.




The Philosophy of Economics


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This volume, explores the nature of economics as a science, including classic texts and newer essays.




Economic Analysis and Moral Philosophy


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Discusses how standard economics may be improved by an understanding of moral philosophy.




Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy


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This book shows how careful attention to moral reasoning can enrich economic understanding and clarify the importance and the limits of an economic analysis of policy problems.




Causal Asymmetries


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This book, by one of the pre-eminent philosophers of science writing today, offers the most comprehensive account available of causal asymmetries. Causation is asymmetrical in many different ways. Causes precede effects; explanations cite causes not effects. Agents use causes to manipulate their effects; they don't use effects to manipulate their causes. Effects of a common cause are correlated; causes of a common effect are not. This book explains why a relationship that is asymmetrical in one of these regards is asymmetrical in the others. Hausman discovers surprising hidden connections between theories of causation and traces them all to an asymmetry of independence. This is a major book for philosophers of science that will also prove insightful to economists and statisticians.




The Consequences of Economic Rhetoric


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The papers in this volume are drawn from a recent conference at Wellesley College for both theoretical and applied economists, which explored the consequences of rhetoric and conversation within the field of economics.







The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Economics


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This volume is the first comprehensive, cohesive, and accessible reference source to the philosophy of economics, presenting important new scholarship by top scholars.




Philosophy of Economics


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Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction is the first systematic textbook in the philosophy of economics. It introduces the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical problems that arise in economics, and presents detailed discussions of the solutions that have been offered. Throughout, philosophical issues are illustrated by and analysed in the context of concrete cases drawn from contemporary economics, the history of economic ideas, and actual economic events. This demonstrates the relevance of philosophy of economics both for the science of economics and for the economy. This text will provide an excellent introduction to the philosophy of economics for students and interested general readers alike.