Issues In Heterodox Economics
Surveys of Recent Research in Economics
1. Auflage Januar 2008
292 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Through contributions from leading authors, Issues in Heterodox
Economics provides a critical analysis of the methodology of
mainstream economics.
* * Challenges economists to abandon sterile formalism and develop
new intellectual rigors to contribute to pressing contemporary
issues
* A series of cutting-edge articles provides a critical analysis
of the dependence of mainstream economics on mathematical modelling
and other methodologies
* Topics discussed include sustainable development, worker
control of firms, evolutionary growth theory, and more
* Challenges economists to abandon sterile formalism and develop
new intellectual rigors to contribute to pressing contemporary
issues
Donald A.R. George
2. Axiomatization and Formalism in Economics 11
T.A. Boylan and P.F. O'Gorman
3. Variety of Methodological Approach in Economics 33
Sheila C. Dow
4. Variations on The Theme of Conning in Mathematical Economics 53
K. Vela Velupillai
5. The Sociological Approach to Financial Markets 95
Alex Preda
6. Workers' Savings and The Right to Manage 123
Donald A.R. George
7. A New Vision of The Knowledge Economy 143
Brian Chi-ang Lin
8. Evolutionary and New Growth Theories. Are They Converging? 175
Fulvio Castellacci
9. Repetition and Financial incentives in Economics Experiments 219
Jinkwon Lee
Index 273
