Lawrence Boland

The Principles of Economics

Some Lies My Teacher Told Me

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Should we accept the principles of neoclassical economics? The Principles of Economics attempts to develop effective critiques of neoclassical economics and it is primarily directed towards the neoclassical economist. The focus of the critiques are the foundations of neoclassical theory, beginning with those Marshall identified as the Principles of Economics'. Paramount amongst these is the assumption of maximizing behaviour. This has proved a common target for criticism but a lot of this has been surprisingly unsuccessful. Lawrence Boland highlights the problems of effective model building without this assumption and argues that critics might be better rewarded if they concentrated on Marshall's other key principle, the Principle of Continuity'.

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This book is about forming effective critiques of neoclassical economics. It begins with what Alfred Marshall called the `Principles of Economics' and concludes that there is still much that can be done to make neoclassical economics more realistic

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 154mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780415064330
• ISBN-10: 0415064333
• Artikelnr.: 21641924

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Boland

Inhaltsangabe

Hypothesis 2. Marshall's `Principles' and the `Element of Time' 3.
Marshall's `Principle of Continuity' 4. Axiomatic Analysis of Equilibrium
States 5. Axiomatic Analysis of Disequilibrium States Part II: Some
Neglected Elements 6. Knowledge in Neoclassical Economic Theory 7. A Naive
Theory of Technology and Change 8. Knowledge and Institutions in Economic
Theory Part III: Some Missing Elements 9. The Foundations of Keynes'
Methodolgy 10. Individualism without Psychology 11. Methodology and the
Individual Decision-maker Part IV: Some Technical Question 12.
Lexicographic Orderings 13. Revealed Preference vs Ordinal Demand 14.
Giffen Goods vs Market Determined Prices Epilogue: Learning Economic Theory
through Criticism

Rezensionen

"The book is a scholarly, incisive exploration into the foundational assumptions of economics that provides a welcome step in the continuing exposition of the world according to Boland. . . . there is much insight and knowledge to be gained from Boland and his approach . . .." -"Journal of Economic Literature, 9/93