Ross B. Emmett

Frank Knight and the Chicago School in American Economics (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Ross B.Emmett looks at Frank Knight's economics and philosophy, the nature of Chicago economics, his place in the Chicago tradition and also about the application of hermeneutic theory to the history of economics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135974411
• Artikelnr.: 38265289

Autorenporträt

Ross B. Emmett is Associate Professor of Political Economy and Political Theory & Constitutional Democracy, and co-director of The Michigan Center for Innovation and Economic Prosperity at James Madison College, Michigan State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction by Warren J. Samuels Section 1: Historical Reconstruction in
the History of Economics 1. Exegesis, Hermeneutics, and Interpretation
2.Reflections on 'Breaking Away': Economics as Science and the History of
Economics as History of Science Section 2: Interpreting Frank Knight 3. The
Therapeutic Quality of Frank H. Knight's Risk, Uncertainty and Profit, 4.
Frank Knight's Dissent from Progressive Social Science 5. What is Truth' in
Capital Theory?: Five Stories Relevant to the Evaluation of Frank Knight's
Contribution to the Capital Controversy 6. Maximizers vs. Good Sports:
Frank Knight's Curious Understanding of Exchange Behaviour 7. Frank H.
Knight on the Conflict of Values in Economic Life Section 3: Interpreting
Frank Knight and Chicago Economics 8. Frank H. Knight, Max Weber, Chicago
Economics, and Institutionalism 9. Entrenching Disciplinary Competence: The
Role of General Education and Graduate Study in Chicago Economics 10. De
Gustibus Est Disputandum: Frank H. Knight's Response to George Stigler and
Gary Becker's 'De Gustibus Non Est Disputandum' 11. Did the Chicago School
Reject Frank Knight?, Section 4: Economics, Religion and Politics 12. Frank
Knight: Economics vs. Religion 13. Is Economics a Religion 14. The Idea of
a Secular Society Revisited.