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- About this book
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Don Ross provides a concise and distinct introduction to the philosophy of economics for students in need of a short but engaging study of the main issues in the subject today. Ross offers his own provocative interpretation of the value of economics in science and public policy giving a unique perspective from a world authority.
- About the authors
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Don Ross is Professor of Economics and Dean of Commerce at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Program Director for Methodology in the Center for Economic Analysis of Risk at Georgia State University, USA. He previously lectured at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of Ottawa. He is the author of many previous articles and books on economic methodology, philosophy of science, and experimental studies of risky choice.
- Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Philosophy of Economics as Philosophy of Science
Pages 1-24
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Economics and Its Neighbors before 1980
Pages 25-96
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The Expansion of the Economic Toolbox
Pages 97-195
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How Economics and Psychology Differ
Pages 196-253
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Economics as a Social Science
Pages 254-312
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Philosophy of Economics
- Authors
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- D. Ross
- Series Title
- Palgrave Philosophy Today
- Copyright
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-137-31875-6
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781137318756
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-30296-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-30297-6
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 341
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