Economics as a Social Science: an Approach to Nonautistic Theory

✍ Scribed by Kamarck, Andrew M

Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Leaves: 233
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Preface and Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Limitations of Economics; 3. Self-Interest; 4. Reason and Rationality; 5. Ethics and Economics; 6. Markets; 7. Change and Growth; 8. Predators and Parasites; 9. Summing Up; Notes; References; About the Author; Index.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Limitations of Economics
3. Self-Interest
4. Reason and Rationality
5. Ethics and Economics
6. Markets
7. Change and Growth
8. Predators and Parasites
9. Summing Up
Notes
References
About the Author
Index.

✦ Subjects

Economic man;Economics--Philosophy;Self-interest;Social sciences;Electronic books;Economics -- Philosophy

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