Book Series in Economics
Routledge INEM Advances in Economic Methodology
New & Published Titles:
The Invisible Hand in Economics
How Economists Explain Unintended Social Consequences
This is a book about one of the most controversial concepts in economics: the invisible hand. The author explores the unintended social consequences implied by…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-56954-5 (Routledge)
Economics and the Mind
Economics is often defined as the science of choice or human action. But choice and action are essentially mental phenomena, an aspect rarely mentioned in…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49373-4 (Routledge)
Foundations of Paul Samuelson's Revealed Preference Theory, Revised Edition
A study by the method of rational reconstruction, 2nd Edition
Originally published over two decades ago, this classic text within the philosophy of economics is a tour de force against revealed preference. It critically examines…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-49372-7 (Routledge)
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Representation and Structure in Economics
The Methodology of Econometric Models of the Consumption Function
This book provides a methodological perspective on understanding the essential roles of econometric models in the theory and practice. Offering a comprehensive and comparative exposition…
read more2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-36283-2 (Routledge)
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How Economists Model the World into Numbers
Economics is dominated by model building, therefore a comprehension of how such models work is vital to understanding the discipline. This book provides a critical… read more2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45930-3 (Routledge)
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Popper and Economic Methodology
Contemporary Challenges
This new book, under the impressive editorship of Thomas Boylan and Paschal O'Gorman, explores a number of major themes central to the work of Karl…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32339-0 (Routledge)
Error in Economics
Towards a More Evidence–Based Methodology
What is the correct concept behind measures of inflation? Does money cause business activity or is it the other way around? Shall we stimulate growth…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39141-2 (Routledge)
McCloskey's Rhetoric
Discourse Ethics in Economics
The rhetoric of economics has long claimed scientific objectivity, however the late, great economist Joan Robinson argued that ‘the purpose of studying economics is not…
read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-31682-8 (Routledge)
Dewey, Pragmatism and Economic Methodology
This book brings together, for the first time, philosophers of pragmatism and economists interested in methodological questions. The main theoretical thrust of Dewey is to… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-70014-6 (Routledge)
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Applied Economics and the Critical Realist Critique
This intriguing new book examines and analyses the role of critical realism in economics and specifically how this line of thought can be applied to… read more2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-26785-4 (Routledge)
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Series Details:
The objective of this series is to provide a forum for the publication of significant works in the growing field economic methodology. Since the series defines methodology quite broadly, it will publish books on a wide range of different methodological subjects. The series is also open to a variety of different types of works: original research monographs, edited collections, as well as republication of significant earlier contributions to the methodological literature.
Forthcoming Titles:
A Critique of Economic Reason
By Alex Viskovatoff
To be published July 4th 2011
Reassessing the Paradigm of Economics: Bringing Positive Economics Back into the Normative Framework
By Valeria Mosini
To be published June 30th 2011
Autonomy and Formalism in Economics: Methodological Tensions of the Marginalist Revolution
Edited by Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman
To be published February 15th 2011