Economic Methodology

An Inquiry

Sheila Dow

220 pages | 234x156mm

978-0-19-877612-3 | Paperback | 31 January 2002

Price: £51.99

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Demonstrates the importance of methodological awareness for helping economists address major issues
Overview of the past development of economic methodology theory gives historical perspective in understanding the methodological debates of the present
Particular emphasis on current debates over methodological issues provides an up to date account of the field and also illustrates the continued need for methodological awareness in the study of economics.
Further reading suggestions at the end of each chapter encourage the reader to think critically about methodological issues and facilitate more detailed investigation into the subject.

Economic Methodology: An Inquiry presents a clear and accessible introduction to the methodology of economics. An essential introduction to the subject for those who would like to pursue the more specialist literature, explaining both the role of methodology in assisting economists to address fundamental issues and also the different approaches to methodology that are on offer.

The book begins with a discussion of the nature and scope of economics as a discipline and of the issues currently facing it. Dow then goes on to introduce some of the central theoretical and empirical issues in economics and demonstrates the need for methodological awareness in approaching these issues. This is followed by a brief account of the methodological ideas that have influenced economics over the last two centuries and a detailed chapter on current methodological ideas, showing how they are discussed today in the field of economic methodology and how these ideas are related to current practice in economics. The book concludes with a discussion of what economics can reasonably be expected to do and what possible future directions the subject might take.

Written in a clear and accessible style with suggestions for further reading at the end of each chapter, this book will be the ideal starting point for all those wanting an introduction to the methodology of economics, both as it has developed in the past and as it now stands.

Readership: Second or third year undergraduates doing optional courses in the methodology of economics or postgraduates doing the same. Also supplementary reading for undergraduates doing core course in economic theory.

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An Inquiry

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