The puzzle of modern economics
Subtitle: science or ideology
By: Roger E. Backhouse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9780521825542
Description: "This book cuts through the confusion and controversy about whether modern economics has succeeded or failed"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. Economics in Action: 2. Creating new markets; 3. Creating a market economy; 4. Globalization and welfare; 5. Money and finance; Part II. Historical Perspectives: 6. Creating a 'scientific' economics; 7. The quest for rigorous macroeconomics; 8. Science and ideology; 9. Heterodoxy and dissent; Part III. Evaluation: 10. Economic science and economic myth; Supplementary note on the literature.