Chicago Fundamentalism: Ideology and Methodology in Economics
Craig F. Freedman, "Chicago Fundamentalism: Ideology and Methodology in Economics"
English | ISBN: 9812811990 | 2008 | 457 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 9812811990 | 2008 | 457 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Freedman (Macquarie U., Australia) collects 17 new and previously published essays pivoting generally around the notion that the reason so much of economics is so poorly written is that economists are unable to read, and that no improvement in the discipline can be expected until that problem is resolved. The first section is historical, looking at economics in the context of the Cold War, and in particular the figures of George Stigler and Milton Friedman. The second section explores some matters of methodology. The topics include shunning the Frumious Bandersnatch, a clarification of a misunderstanding of Keynes' definition of money, and divorcing art from science in modern economics. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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