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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 July 2014
      05 June 2014
      ISBN:
      9781139059145
      9781107015708
      9781009679619
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139059145
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.67kg, 378 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.546kg, 384 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Economics, Economic Thought, Philosophy and Methodology, Philosophy of Social Science, Philosophy
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    The profession of academic economics has been widely criticized for being excessively dependent on technical models based on unrealistic assumptions about rationality and individual behavior, and yet it remains a sparsely studied area. This volume presents a series of background readings on the profession by leading scholars in the history of economic thought and economic methodology. Adopting a fresh critique, the contributors investigate the individual incentives prevalent in academic economics, describing economists as rational actors who react to their intellectual environment and the incentives for economic research. Timely topics are addressed, including the financial crisis and the consequences for the discipline, as well as more traditional themes such as pluralism in research, academic organizations, teaching methodology, gender issues and professional ethics. This collection will appeal to scholars working on topics related to economic methodology and the teaching of economics.

    Reviews

    'This is a very important and much-needed contribution to scholarship on the economics profession. Is there herding behavior in economics? Is the profession unable to address issues of fundamental concern on account of its social organization? These questions and many others are investigated in this very welcome volume.'

    John B. Davis - Marquette University, Wisconsin and Universiteit van Amsterdam

    'This collection of essays offers vivid images of the academic economic profession, taken from various angles and perspectives. It is attentive to the practices, self-representations and stereotypes of this tribe and judicious on the conflicting evidence emerging from the literature. It turns a non-distorting mirror on the dismal science players, revealing an interesting and informative picture, but it is also thought-provoking in mapping wrong routes and suggesting alternative travel.'

    Maria Cristina Marcuzzo - Università degli Studi di Roma 'La Sapienza', Italy

    'Immersion in the science studies literature ought to lead economists into engaging in the self-referential enterprise of rethinking their own presuppositions. Since the phenomenon of science revolves around the process of learning about the intrinsically unknown and inherently unforeseeable, it provokes reconsideration of many of the deep issues dividing economists, such as rationality, uncertainty and methodological individualism. This volume takes important steps in opening up space for a more synergetic approach to ‘science’ and the ‘economy’.'

    Esther-Mirjam Sent - Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen

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