The Philosophy of Economics – D M Hausman

An Anthology

• 3rd edition
• Daniel M. Hausman, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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  PART ONE – CLASSIC DISCUSSIONSpp 39-40
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• 1 – On the Definition and Method of Political Economypp 41-58
  • By John Stuart Mill
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• 2 – Objectivity and Understanding in Economicspp 59-72
  • By Max Weber
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• 3 – The Nature and Significance of Economic Sciencepp 73-99
  • By Lionel Robbins
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• 4 – Economics and Human Actionpp 100-107
  • By Frank Knight
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• 5 – Selected Texts on Economics, History, and Social Sciencepp 108-128
  • By Karl Marx
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• 6 – The Limitations of Marginal Utilitypp 129-142
  • By Thorstein Veblen
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• PART TWO – POSITIVIST AND POPPERIAN VIEWSpp 143-144
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• 7 – The Methodology of Positive Economicspp 145-178
  • By Milton Friedman
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• 8 – Testability and Approximationpp 179-182
  • By Herbert Simon
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• 9 – Why Look Under the Hood?pp 183-187
  • By Daniel M. Hausman
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• 10 – Popper and Lakatos in Economic Methodologypp 188-204
  • By D. Wade Hands
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• PART THREE – IDEOLOGY AND NORMATIVE ECONOMICSpp 205-206
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• 11 – Science and Ideologypp 207-221
  • By Joseph Schumpeter
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• 12 – Welfare Propositions of Economics and Interpersonal Comparisons of Utilitypp 222-225
  • By Nicholas Kaldor
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• 13 – The Philosophical Foundations of Mainstream Normative Economicspp 226-250
  • By Daniel M. Hausman, Michael S. McPherson
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• 14 – Why Is Cost-Benefit Analysis So Controversial?pp 251-269
  • By Robert H. Frank
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• 15 – Capability and Well-Beingpp 270-294
  • By Amartya Sen
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• PART FOUR – BRANCHES AND SCHOOLS OF ECONOMICS AND THEIR METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMSpp 295-296
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• 16 – Econometrics as Observation: The Lucas Critique and the Nature of Econometric Inferencepp 297-314
  • By Kevin D. Hoover
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• 17 – Does Macroeconomics Need Microfoundations?pp 315-333
  • By Kevin D. Hoover
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• 18 – Economics in the Laboratorypp 334-355
  • By Vernon Smith
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• 19 – Neuroeconomics: Using Neuroscience to Make Economic Predictionspp 356-377
  • By Colin F. Camerer
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• 20 – The Market as a Creative Processpp 378-398
  • By James M. Buchanan, Viktor J. Vanberg
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• 21 – What Is the Essence of Institutional Economics?pp 399-412
  • By Geoffrey M. Hodgson
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• PART FIVE – NEW DIRECTIONS IN ECONOMIC METHODOLOGYpp 413-414
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• 22 – The Rhetoric of This Economicspp 415-430
  • By Deirdre N. McCloskey