The Principles of Economics : Some Lies My Teacher Told Me

ISBN-13: 9780415064330 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 233 str.

Lawrence A. Boland

Opis

Should we accept the principles of neoclassical economics? The Principles of Economics attempts to develop effective critiques of neoclassical economics and it is primarily directed towards the neoclassical economist. The focus of the critiques are the foundations of neoclassical theory, beginning with those Marshall identified as the principles of economics. Paramount amongst these is the assumption of maximizing behaviour. This has proved a common target for criticism but a lot of this has been surprisingly unsuccessful. Lawrence Boland highlights the problems of effective model building without this assumption and argues that critics might be better rewarded if they concentrated on Marshall's other key principle, the principle of continuity.

Recenzje

The book is a scholarly, incisive exploration into the foundational assumptions of economics that provides a welcome step in the continuing exposition of the world according to Boland... there is much insight and knowledge to be gained from Boland and his approach... - Journal of Economics Literature

Spis treści

Hypothesis 2. Marshall's `Principles' and the `Element of Time' 3. Marshall's `Principle of Continuity' 4. Axiomatic Analysis of Equilibrium States 5. Axiomatic Analysis of Disequilibrium States Part II: Some Neglected Elements 6. Knowledge in Neoclassical Economic Theory 7. A Naive Theory of Technology and Change 8. Knowledge and Institutions in Economic Theory Part III: Some Missing Elements 9. The Foundations of Keynes' Methodolgy 10. Individualism without Psychology 11. Methodology and the Individual Decision-maker Part IV: Some Technical Question 12. Lexicographic Orderings 13. Revealed Preference vs Ordinal Demand 14. Giffen Goods vs Market Determined Prices Epilogue: Learning Economic Theory through Criticism

O autorze

Lawrence Boland