Models and Reality in Economics
- ISBN-10
- 1858985757
- ISBN-13
- 9781858985756
- Category
- Econometric models
- Pages
- 223
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Pub
- Author
- Steven Rappaport
Description
This work addresses philosophy in economics and the conduct of inquiry into economics (What do economists do, and what is economics about?). It opens with a discussion of the work of McCloskey and rhetorical approaches to understanding economics, going on to ask, Is economics a science'.
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