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The Uses and Abuses of Economics Terence Hutchison

The Uses and Abuses of Economics By Terence Hutchison

The Uses and Abuses of Economics by Terence Hutchison


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Hutchison has made a unique contribution to debates in the history of economic thought and methodology. This book reflects this contribution with a selection of some of his most significant and provocative essays.

The Uses and Abuses of Economics Summary

The Uses and Abuses of Economics: Contentious Essays on History and Method by Terence Hutchison

Terence Hutchison is one of the grand old men of British economics whose name is very widely known

The esays are very well written and provocative - they fit the title and sub-title well (NB. title is derived from the essay by Hayek `The Uses and Abuses of Reason')

Book marries perfectly with our lists in methodology and history of thought

About Terence Hutchison

Terence Hutchison

Table of Contents

Part 1 Progress and Regress in Political Economy; Chapter 1 From William Petty to Adam Smith and the English Classicals; Chapter 2 Jeremy Bentham as an Economist; Chapter 3 James Mill and Ricardian Economics; Chapter 4 On The Interpretation and Misinterpretation of Economic Literature; Chapter 5 'Ricardian Politics'; Chapter 6 The Politics and Philosophy in Jevons's Political Economy; Chapter 7 The Jevonian Revolution and Economic Policy in Britain; Chapter 8 From 'Dismal Science' to 'Positive Economics'; Part 2 Subjectivism, Methods and AIMs; Chapter 9 Notes Towards the Identification and History of 'Subjectivism' in Economic Theory; Chapter 10 Hayek, Mises and the Methodological Contradictions of 'Modern Austrian' Economics; Chapter 11 A Methodological Crisis?; Chapter 12 The Wisdom of Jacob Viner; Chapter 13 The Uses and Abuses of Academic Economics;

Additional information

NPB9780415094047
9780415094047
0415094046
The Uses and Abuses of Economics: Contentious Essays on History and Method by Terence Hutchison
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1994-10-27
328
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