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Fact and Fiction in Economics : = Mo...

Maki, Uskali.

Fact and Fiction in Economics : = Models, Realism and Social Construction.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Fact and Fiction in Economics :/
Reminder of title:	Models, Realism and Social Construction.
Author:	Maki, Uskali.
Published:	Cambridge :Cambridge University Press, : 2002.,
Description:	402 p.
Subject:	Economics. -
Online resource:	Click here to view book
ISBN:	9780511493317 (electronic bk.)

Fact and Fiction in Economics : = Models, Realism and Social Construction.
Maki, Uskali.

Fact and Fiction in Economics :Models, Realism and Social Construction.[electronic resource]. - Cambridge :Cambridge University Press,2002. - 402 p.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 The dismal queen of the social sciences; 2 Ugly currents in modern economics; 3 Modern economics and its critics; 4 Some nonreasons for nonrealism about economics; 5 Credible worlds: the status of theoretical models in economics; 6 The limits of causal order, from economics to physics; 7 Econometrics and reality; 8 Models, stories, and the economic world; 9 Economic models and reality: the role of informal scientific methods; 10 Truthlikeness and economic theories

Bringing together some of the leading figures in the methodology and philosophy of economics, this collection provides a thoughtful and balanced overview of the current state of debate about the nature and limits of economic knowledge.

Electronic reproduction.

Available via World Wide Web.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780511493317 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

131178
Economics.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

96803
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HB131 .F33 2002eb

Dewey Class. No.: 330.01

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