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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461783603321

Titolo

Subjectivism and objectivism in the history of economic thought / / edited by Yukihiro Ikeda and Kiichiro Yagi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-53308-1

9786613845535

0-203-11056-0

1-136-27518-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 146

Altri autori (Persone)

IkedaYukihiro <1959->

YagiKiichiro <1947->

Disciplina

330.15

Soggetti

Economics - History

Subjectivity

Objectivity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction: subjectivism and objectivism in the history of economic analysis; 1 Subjectivity, objectivity and biological interpretation in Smith's view on the real values of labour, money and corn; 2 Individual rationality and mechanism in the history of microeconomic theory; 3 Quételet's influence on W. S. Jevons: from subjectivism to objectivism; 4 Transforming of rareté? From Auguste to Léon Walras; 5 Austrian subjectivism and hermeneutical economics

6 Carl Menger's subjectivism: ""types,"" economic subjects, and microfoundation7 Böhm-Bawerk's objectivism: beyond Menger's subjectivism; 8 Ludwig von Mises as a pure subjectivist; 9 Uncertainty and strategic interdependence in the interwar Viennese milieu; 10 Some evolutionary interpretations of the economic systemsof Piero Sraffa and John von Neumann in the light of complexity; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates the tensions between subjectivism and objectivism in the history of economics. The book looks at the works of



Adam Smith, Carl Menger, Leon Walras, William Stanley Jevons, Oskar Morgenstern, Ludwig Mises, Piero Sraffa, and so on. The book highlights the diverse subjective and objective elements of their economic theories and suggests a reframing of methodology to better address the core problems of the theories. Contributors of the volume are leading members of the Japan Society of History of Economic Thought who have provided a comprehensive overview on the ec