tailieunhanh - Critical economic methodology

Lawrence 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. | Critical economic methodology Critical economic methodology A personal odyssey No methodology please we re economists. Economic methodologists frequently complain that they are ignored by the mainstream. Practicing economists claim that methodology has nothing useful to say to them. In this typically provocative book Lawrence Boland takes issue with both sides arguing 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 economics theory. Containing twenty essays most of which are previously unpublished or extensively revised the book discusses Friedman s famous essay on methodology the role of the assumption of maximization in neoclassical economics the limitations of traditional economic methodology the possibilities for more fruitful methodological criticism Karl Popper s theory of science Throughout the essays emphasize the positive role of criticism as a central part of intellectual activity. Lawrence A. Boland is Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University. His previous publications include The Foundations of Economic Methodology 1982 Methodology for a New Microeconomics The Critical Foundations 1986 The Methodology of Economic Model Building Methodology after Samuelson 1989 and The Principles of Economics Some Lies My Teachers Told Me 1992 . Lawrence A. Boland Lawrence A. Boland London and New York Lawrence A. Boland Contents First published 1997 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York NY 10001 1997 2005 Lawrence A. Boland The original was printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ Press Padstow Ltd Padstow Cornwall This 2005 version was produced in BurnaPy . Canada All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic mechanical or other means now known or hereafter invented including .