Open Economics

Economics in relation to other disciplines
Herausgeber: Arena, Richard; Klaes, Matthias; Dow, Sheila

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Produktbeschreibung

Economics has developed into one of the most specialised social sciences. Yet at the same time, it shares its subject matter with other social sciences and humanities and its method of analysis has developed in close correspondence with the natural and life sciences. This book offers an up to date assessment of economics in relation to other disciplines. This edited collection explores fields as diverse as mathematics, physics, biology, medicine, sociology, architecture, and literature, drawing from selected contributions to the 2005 Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET). There is currently much discussion at the leading edges of modern economics about openness to other disciplines, such as psychology and sociology. But what we see here is that economics has drawn on (as well as contributed to) other disciplines throughout its history. In this sense, in spite of the increasing specialisation within all disciplines, economics has always been an open discipline and the chapters in this volume provide a vivid illustration for this. Open Economics is a testament to the intellectual vibrancy of historical research in economics. It presents the reader with a historical introduction to the disciplinary context of economics that is the first of its kind, and will appeal to practising economists and students of the discipline alike, as well as to anybody interested in economics and its position in the scientific and social scientific landscape.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 698g
• ISBN-13: 9780415460125
• ISBN-10: 0415460123
• Artikelnr.: 26488892

Autorenporträt

Richard Arena is Professor of Economics at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France. Sheila Dow is Professor of Economics at the University of Stirling, UK. Matthias Klaes is Professor of Commerce at Keele University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Economics in relation to other disciplines Richard Arena,
Sheila Dow and Matthias Klaes Part I. Economics in relation to the
humanities and social sciences 1. The social science of economics Brian J.
Loasby 2. Economics and literature Bruna Ingrao 3. Happiness: what Kahneman
could have learnt from Pietro Verri Pier Luigi Porta Part II. Economics in
relation to the life and natural sciences 4. Newtonian physics,
experimental moral philosophy and the shaping of political economy Sergio
Cremaschi 5. Evolutionary biology and economic behaviour: re-visiting
Veblen's instinct of workmanship Mark Harrison 6. Medicine and economics in
pre-classical economics Alain Clément and Ludovic Desmedt Part III.
Economics and mathematics 7. Mathematics as the role model for neoclassical
economics Nicola Giocoli 8. The role of econometric method in economic
analysis: A reassessment of the Keynes-Tinbergen debate, 1938-43 Giovanna
Garrone and Roberto Marchionatti IV. Economics and architecture 9.
Economics and architecture Maurice Lagueux 10. Economic policies and urban
development in Latin America Michele Alacevich and Andrea Costa V.
Economics and geography 11. 'Space' in economic thought Giovanna Vertova
12. Economics, geography and colonialism in the writings of William Petty
Hugh Goodacre Part VI. Economics and sociology 13. Economics and sociology:
Gustav Schmoller and Werner Sombart on social differentiation Joachim
Zweynert 14. Is Homo Oeconomicus a 'bad guy'? Isabelle This Saint-Jean