Foundations for new economic thinking [electronic resource] : a collection of essays / Sheila C. Dow.
"New economic thinking is in demand in the light of the recent crisis. But it is constrained by the prevailing way of thinking about the economy and about economics. This book equips the reader with a better understanding of this way of thinking and increases awareness of other possibilities. T...
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Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New york :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- What kind of new theory in light of the crisis?
- Schools of thought in macroeconomics animal spirits and rationality beyond dualism uncertainty about uncertainty
- The appeal of mainstream economics
- Mainstream economic methodology
- Methodological pluralism and pluralism of method
- The non-nutrality of formalism
- Structured pluralism
- The meaning of open systems
- The issue of uncertainty in economics
- Variety of methodological approach in economics
- Afterword.