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200 10$aCritical economic methodology $ea personal odyssey /$fLawrence A. Boland
210  1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1997.
215   $a1 online resource (319 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
327   $aBook Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Prologue; METHODOLOGY'S DEMAND AND SUPPLY; OUTLINE OF THE BOOK; 1 Economic methodology prior to 1979; 2 Criticizing the critiques of Friedman's 1953 essay; 3 Criticizing satisficing, empiricism and formalism in methodology; 4 On the methodology of the history of contemporary economic thought; 5 Tautology vs testability in economic methodology; 6 Criticizing the neoclassical maximization hypothesis is futile; 7 Appraisal vs criticism in economics; 8 The theory and practice of economic methodology; 9 Criticizing economic positivism
327   $a10 Criticizing philosophy of economics11 Reflections on Blaug's Methodology of Economics; 12 Criticizing 'pluralism' and other conventionalist ploys; 13 Individualism vs rationality in economics; 14 Criticizing neoclassical equilibrium explanations; 15 On criticizing neoclassical dynamics; 16 Criticizing the value-freeness of neoclassical economics; 17 Criticizing the mathematics of neoclassical economics; 18 Criticizing stylized facts and stylized methodology; 19 Understanding the Popperian legacy in economics; 20 Scientific thinking without scientific method: two views of Popper; Epilogue
327   $aBibliographyName index; Subject index
330   $aLawrence Boland takes issue with both economic methodologists and practicing economists. He argues that there has been too much 'methodology for methodology's sake' and that mainstream economics might benefit by using methodology to take a critical look at economic theory.
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