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Reorienting Economics
Tony Lawson
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Description for Reorienting Economics
Paperback. This eagerly anticipated new book from Tony Lawson contends that economics can profit from a more explicit concern with ontology (enquiry into the nature of existence) than has been its custom. Series: Economics as Social Theory. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 582.
Contemporary economics is characterized by a mismatch between its methods of analysis and the nature of the world it seeks to interpret. Despite regular economic crises and ongoing critique of the discipline, the drift from political economy into applied mathematics appears to continue unabated. In this book, Tony Lawson advocates a relignment of economics with social reality. In analyzing mainstream economists' misplaced universality, the author places ontology at the heart of a reoriented future in which economics is integrated within the wider human and social sciences.
Contemporary economics is characterized by a mismatch between its methods of analysis and the nature of the world it seeks to interpret. Despite regular economic crises and ongoing critique of the discipline, the drift from political economy into applied mathematics appears to continue unabated. In this book, Tony Lawson advocates a relignment of economics with social reality. In analyzing mainstream economists' misplaced universality, the author places ontology at the heart of a reoriented future in which economics is integrated within the wider human and social sciences.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Economics as Social Theory
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415253369
SKU
V9780415253369
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99-1
Reviews for Reorienting Economics
Mentioned. - Business Horizons Lawson's systematic philosophical work on the reorientation of economics warrants a careful reading by any economist, heterodox or mainstream, who takes seriously the intellectual responsibility for the scientific viability the discipline. -Paul D. Bush, California State University, Fresno