02827nam 2200481 450 991056308940332120220510122124.01-78897-446-8(CKB)4100000012000698(MiAaPQ)EBC6708252(Au-PeEL)EBL6708252(UtOrBLW)eep9781788974462(EXLCZ)99410000001200069820220510d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA modern guide to philosophy of economics /edited by Harold Kincaid, Don RossCheltenham, England ;Northampton, Massachusetts :Edward Elgar Publishing,[2021]©20211 online resource (384 pages)Elgar Modern Guides1-78897-445-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Elgar Modern GuidesEconomicsPhilosophyElectronic books.EconomicsPhilosophy.330.01Kincaid Harold1952-Ross Don1962-Edward Elgar Publishing,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910563089403321A modern guide to philosophy of economics2854281UNINA