How Economics Forgot History

Author : Geoffrey Martin Hodgson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415257169
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book How Economics Forgot History written by Geoffrey Martin Hodgson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hodgson calls into question the tendency of economic method to explain all economic phenomena using the same catch-all theories. He argues that you need different theories and that historical contexts must be taken into account.

Author : Geoffrey Martin Hodgson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book How Economics Forgot History written by Geoffrey Martin Hodgson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Geoffrey Martin Hodgson
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415322539
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Evolution of Institutional Economics written by Geoffrey Martin Hodgson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting new book from Geoffrey Hodgson is eagerly awaited by social scientists from many different backgrounds. This book charts the rise, fall and renewal of institutional economics in the critical, analytical and readable style that Hodgson's fans have come to know and love, and that a new generation of readers will surely come to appreciate.

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book An Economic History of the World Since 1400 written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is economic history different from a history of economics? What are the primary concerns of today's economic historians? What are some watershed economic moments of the last 500 years? Why does modern economic history "begin" around 1400? Find out in this introduction to the remarkable journey ahead.

Author : E. Roy Weintraub
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822383802
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book How Economics Became a Mathematical Science written by E. Roy Weintraub and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2002-05-28 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In How Economics Became a Mathematical Science E. Roy Weintraub traces the history of economics through the prism of the history of mathematics in the twentieth century. As mathematics has evolved, so has the image of mathematics, explains Weintraub, such as ideas about the standards for accepting proof, the meaning of rigor, and the nature of the mathematical enterprise itself. He also shows how economics itself has been shaped by economists’ changing images of mathematics. Whereas others have viewed economics as autonomous, Weintraub presents a different picture, one in which changes in mathematics—both within the body of knowledge that constitutes mathematics and in how it is thought of as a discipline and as a type of knowledge—have been intertwined with the evolution of economic thought. Weintraub begins his account with Cambridge University, the intellectual birthplace of modern economics, and examines specifically Alfred Marshall and the Mathematical Tripos examinations—tests in mathematics that were required of all who wished to study economics at Cambridge. He proceeds to interrogate the idea of a rigorous mathematical economics through the connections between particular mathematical economists and mathematicians in each of the decades of the first half of the twentieth century, and thus describes how the mathematical issues of formalism and axiomatization have shaped economics. Finally, How Economics Became a Mathematical Science reconstructs the career of the economist Sidney Weintraub, whose relationship to mathematics is viewed through his relationships with his mathematician brother, Hal, and his mathematician-economist son, the book’s author.

Author : Timothy Guinnane
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804766932
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book History Matters written by Timothy Guinnane and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-31 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining theoretical work with careful historical description and analysis of new data sources, History Matters makes a strong case for a more historical approach to economics, both by argument and by example. Seventeen original essays, written by distinguished economists and economic historians, use economic theory and historical cases to explore how and why "history matters." The chapters, which range in subject matter from the economic theory of irreversible investment to the nineteenth-century decline in U.S. rural fertility to the English poor law reform, are unified by three themes. The first explores the significance, causes, and consequences of path dependence in the evolution of technology and institutions. The second relates to the ways in which economic and political behavior are profoundly shaped and constrained by the cultural and political context inherited from history at a particular point in time. The final theme demonstrates the importance of integrating economic theory into historical research in the gathering and interpretation of data.

Author : Matthias Blum
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319965689
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book An Economist’s Guide to Economic History written by Matthias Blum and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-08 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Without economic history, economics runs the risk of being too abstract or parochial, of failing to notice precedents, trends and cycles, of overlooking the long-run and thus misunderstanding ‘how we got here’. Recent financial and economic crises illustrate spectacularly how the economics profession has not learnt from its past. This important and unique book addresses this problem by demonstrating the power of historical thinking in economic research. Concise chapters guide economics lecturers and their students through the field of economic history, demonstrating the use of historical thinking in economic research, and advising them on how they can actively engage with economic history in their teaching and learning. Blum and Colvin bring together important voices in the field to show readers how they can use their existing economics training to explore different facets of economic history. Each chapter introduces a question or topic, historical context or research method and explores how they can be used in economics scholarship and pedagogy. In a century characterised to date by economic uncertainty, bubbles and crashes, An Economist’s Guide to Economic History is essential reading. For further information visit http://www.blumandcolvin.org

Author : Francesca Gagliardi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785365002
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Institutions and Evolution of Capitalism written by Francesca Gagliardi and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In just over 30 years, Geoff Hodgson has made substantial contributions to institutional economics, evolutionary economics, economic methodology, the history of economic thought and social theory. To mark his seminal work, this volume brings together original contributions by world-leading scholars in specific areas that have played a significant role in influencing his thinking or represent key debates to which he has contributed. Building on some of the most significant philosophical and methodological foundations underlying Hodgson's work, the volume is organised around the recurring themes of institutions, evolution and capitalism.

Author : Editors Of Wellfleet Press
Publisher : Wellfleet
ISBN 13 : 1577152352
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Everyday Economics Made Easy written by Editors Of Wellfleet Press and published by Wellfleet. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confidently develop and apply economic reasoning to everyday situations with the illustrated step-by-step instruction of Everyday Economics Made Easy.

Author : Geoffrey Martin Hodgson
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780745602769
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book Economics and Institutions written by Geoffrey Martin Hodgson and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1988-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: