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Record Nr.

UNINA9910563089403321

Titolo

A modern guide to philosophy of economics / / edited by Harold Kincaid, Don Ross

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cheltenham, England ; ; Northampton, Massachusetts : , : Edward Elgar Publishing, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

1-78897-446-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 pages)

Collana

Elgar Modern Guides

Disciplina

330.01

Soggetti

Economics - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: useful philosophy of economics -- 2. Utility measurement: some contemporary concerns -- 3. Making progress on causal inference in economics -- 4. Experimental design and Bayesian interpretation -- 5. Randomised trials in economics -- 6. Are economists' self-perceptions as epistemically superior self-defeating? -- 7. Gender biases in economics -- 8. On the foundations of behavioural and experimental economics -- 9. Modelling Homo sociologicus: social influence and interdependent behaviour in economics -- 10. Welfare economics in large worlds: welfare and public policies in an uncertain environment -- 11. Poverty measurement and mitigation: a case study of contestation and compromise in South Africa -- 12. Core models in macroeconomics -- 13. The nature of DSGE macroeconomics -- 14. Theory and evidence as drivers of economists' opinions regarding the impact of fiscal stimulus -- 15. Everyday economics -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This insightful Modern Guide offers a broad coverage of questions and controversies encountered by contemporary economists. A refreshing approach to philosophy of economics, chapters comprise a range of methodological and theoretical perspectives, from lab and field experiments to macroeconomics and applied policy work, written using



a familiar, accessible language for economists.