On economic knowledge : toward a science of political economics / Adolph Lowe
- Author
- Lowe, Adolph, 1893-1995
- Published
- London : Routledge, 2015.
- Edition
- Enlarged edition.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 351 pages)
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- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu , Click here to view.
- Contents
- part, One Can Economics Be a Science? -- chapter 1 Man-Matter-Society -- chapter 2 The Economics of a Market Society -- chapter 3 Economic Behavior and the Evolution of Capitalism -- part, Two The Logic of Economic Science -- chapter 4 A Model for the Traditional Theory of the Market -- chapter 5 Toward a Science of Political Economics -- part, Three The Historical Trend of Economic Science -- chapter 6 The Origin of Traditional Theory: Adam Smith's System of Equilibrium Growth -- chapter 7 An Alternative to the Original System: Karl Marx's Theory of Cyclical Transformation -- chapter 8 The Erosion of the Original System: The Post-Classical Pure Economics -- chapter 9 Emergence of a New System: J. M. Keynes's Rudiments of Political Economics -- part, Four Aspects of a Science of Political Economics -- chapter 10 Instrumental Inference -- chapter 11 Instrumental Inference in Operation -- chapter 12 The Vindication of Goals -- part, Five A Postscript -- chapter Political Economics in the Late Twentieth Century.
- Summary
- "This book, first published in 1965 with a revised edition in 1977, examines the subject matter and the method of the science of economics. On Economic Knowledge explores the historical trends of economics, the logic of economic science, and whether or not economics can be viewed in itself as a science. This title will be of interest to students of economics."--Provided by publisher.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781315090351 (e-book : PDF)
9781351555838 (e-book: Mobi)
9781138936942 (hardback)
9781138936966 (paperback) - Note
- First published in 1965. Enlarged edition published in 1977 by M.E. Sharpe, Incorporated.
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