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Limits of Economic and Social Knowledge

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Stephen J. DeCanio

    1. University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Materialism, Determinism, and Economics: An Overview

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    Pages 1-19

  3. Consequences of Computational Limits

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    Pages 20-32

  4. Simulating Simple Societies

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    Pages 33-102

  5. Economics and Physical Science

    • Stephen J. DeCanio
    Pages 103-121

  6. Economics, Behaviorism, and Utilitarianism

    • Stephen J. DeCanio
    Pages 122-151

  7. A Case Study and Cautionary Tale: Climate Policy

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    Pages 152-172

  8. Politics and Governance

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    Pages 173-195

  9. The Gift of Freedom

    • Stephen J. DeCanio
    Pages 196-208

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 209-250
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The book aims to show that the deterministic vision embodied in conventional economic modelling is neither consistent with nor supported by the state of the art in mathematics, logic, and physical science. DeCanio recognizes that economic agents are intrinsically free and somewhat unpredictable, which is essential for economic and social theory.

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  • University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

    Stephen J. DeCanio

About the author

Stephen J. DeCanio is Professor of Economics, Emeritus (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA). From 1986 to 1987 he served as a senior staff economist at the President's Council of Economic Advisers. He participated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He has been a recipient of the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, as well as a 'Best of the Best' Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the US Environmental Protection Agency.

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