Subjectivism and Objectivism in the History of Economic Thought |
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| Editor:
| Kiichiro, Yagi
Ikeda, Yukihiro |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in the History of Economics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-283-53308-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2012 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $192.00 |
Book Description:
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Thisbook investigates the tensions between subjectivism and objectivism in the history of economics. The book looks at the works ofAdam Smith, Carl Menger, Leon Walras, William Stanley Jevons, Oskar Morgenstern, Ludwig Mises, Piero Sraffa, and so on.The bookhighlights the diverse subjective and objective elements of their economic theories and suggests a reframing of methodology tobetter address the core problems of the theories.Contributors of the volume are leading members of the...
More DescriptionThisbook investigates the tensions between subjectivism and objectivism in the history of economics. The book looks at the works ofAdam Smith, Carl Menger, Leon Walras, William Stanley Jevons, Oskar Morgenstern, Ludwig Mises, Piero Sraffa, and so on.The bookhighlights the diverse subjective and objective elements of their economic theories and suggests a reframing of methodology tobetter address the core problems of the theories.Contributors of the volume are leading members of the Japan Society of History of Economic Thought whohaveprovideda comprehensiveoverviewon the economics methodology and the related problems. Hence, this book will be of an invaluable asset to not onlythose who are interested in the history of economic thought, but also to scholars who are concerned with the methodological problems of economic science.