The puzzle of modern economics : science or ideology / Roger E. Backhouse.
By: Backhouse, Roger.
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010Description: 205 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780521532617 (softback); 9780521825542 (hardback).Subject(s): Economic policy -- History -- 20th century | Economics -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Print books.DDC classification: 330| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | HB87 .B235 2010 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000002284 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. Economics in Action: 2. Creating new markets; 3. Creating a market economy; 4. Globalization and welfare; 5. Money and finance; Part II. Historical Perspectives: 6. Creating a 'scientific' economics; 7. The quest for rigorous macroeconomics; 8. Science and ideology; 9. Heterodoxy and dissent; Part III. Evaluation: 10. Economic science and economic myth; Supplementary note on the literature.
"This book cuts through the confusion and controversy about whether modern economics has succeeded or failed"--