ABSTRACT

'No reality please. We're economists'. There is a wide spread belief that modern economics is irrelevant to the understanding of the real world. In a controversial and original study, Tony Lawson argues that the root of this irrelevance is in the failure of economists to find methods and tools which are appropriate for the social world it addresses

part |2 pages

Part I Science And Economics

chapter 1|12 pages

ENDURING TENSIONS AS POINTS OF DEPARTURE

chapter 2|12 pages

REALISM, EXPLANATION AND SCIENCE

chapter 3|9 pages

THE CASE FOR TRANSCENDENTAL REALISM

chapter 4|7 pages

THE LEGACY OF POSITIVISM

chapter 5|19 pages

THE NATURE OF THE ARGUMENT

chapter 6|5 pages

TOWARDS A RICHER ONTOLOGY

part |2 pages

Part II PROBLEMS OF CONTEMPORARY ECONOMICS

chapter 7|17 pages

ECONOMETRICS

chapter 8|22 pages

ECONOMIC 'THEORY'

chapter 10|18 pages

SUBJECTIVISM

chapter 11|3 pages

THE LIMITS OF CONTEMPORARY ECONOMICS

part |2 pages

Part III HUMAN AGENCY AND SOCIETY

chapter 13|15 pages

A SKETCH OF THE ACTING SUBJECT

part |2 pages

Part IV ECONOMIC EXPLANATION

chapter 14|8 pages

BROAD OBJECTIVES AND POSSIBLE OBSTACLES

chapter 15|28 pages

ECONOMIC SCIENCE WITHOUT EXPERIMENTATION

chapter 16|11 pages

ABSTRACTION

chapter 17|9 pages

ON TRUTH IN ECONOMICS

chapter 18|26 pages

ILLUSTRATION

part |2 pages

Part V ECONOMIC POLICY AND FORECASTING

chapter 19|7 pages

ECONOMIC POLICY AND INTENDED CHANGE

chapter 20|8 pages

ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND PREDICTION