{"product_id":"economicsmathematical-politics-or-science-of-diminishing-returns-9780226727233","title":"EconomicsMathematical Politics or Science of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Ch. 1: What Does the Philosophy of Science Have to Do with Economics?  The real relation between philosophy and science  The mutual constraints of goals, theories, and rules  The proximate goals of economics  Ch. 2: Two Dead Ends in the Philosophy of Economics  Does philosophy constrain economics?  Economics without epistemology  The role of prediction in biology, physics, and economics  Ch. 3: Is Economic Theory Predictively Successful?  Friedman on the predictive weakness of economic theory  Leontief on the same subject  Are generic predictions enough?  Generic predictions in Keynesian macroeconomics and rational expectations theory  Gibbard and Varian on economic models as caricatures  Ch. 4: Neoclassical Economics as a Research Program  The methodology of scientific research programs  Lakatosian consolations for economists  Research programs and the demarcation problem  Down the slippery slope to McCloskey  Ch. 5: Economics and Intentional Psychology  Expectations and preferences, beliefs and desires  The problem of improvability  Economics and linguistics: Nelson's gambit  Are there expectations and preferences?  Conclusion  Ch. 6: Could Economics Be a Biological Science?  The problem of exogenous tastes  Becker's new theory of consumer choice  Stable preferences as human needs  Can we \"naturalize\" information?  Generic predictions and the temptation of biology  Darwin, Friedman, and Alchain  Equilibrium and information in evolution and economics  Conclusion  Ch. 7: Why General Equilibrium Theory?  \"Economics just is general equilibrium analysis\"  Can we have partial equilibrium without general equilibrium?  What needs explanation? Can general equilibrium theory explain it?  General equilibrium and the social contract  Are generic predictions enough after all?  Ch. 8: Is Economic Theory Mathematics?  Extremal theories and intentionality  Economics as applied mathematics  Microeconomics and Euclidean geometry  But is it science?  Bibliography  Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400098619735,"sku":"9780226727233","price":76.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/economicsmathematical-politics-or-science-of-diminishing-returns-9780226727233","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}