ABSTRACT

Many consider Foundations of Economic Method to be Lawrence Boland's best work. This updated edition is radically changed from the original and will be much appreciated by thinkers within economics. The book positions methodology vis-is the current practice of economists and is all the better for it. Yet another book that not only deserves to be r

chapter |10 pages

Prologue

Understanding the methodology of economics

part |2 pages

Part I THE ‘HIDDEN AGENDA’ OF NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS

chapter 1|17 pages

The Problem of Induction vs. the Problem with Induction

Problem with

chapter 2|17 pages

The Explanatory Problem of Individualism

part |2 pages

Part II THE VISIBLE AGENDA OF NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS

chapter 3|13 pages

Rationality vs. Maximization

chapter 4|15 pages

Maximization and Game Theory

part |2 pages

Part III CRITICAL APPLIED METHODOLOGY

chapter 5|11 pages

Ideal-type Methodology and

Instrumentalism

chapter 6|9 pages

Psychologistic Individualism and the Methodology of New Institutional Economics

and the Institutional Economics

chapter 7|27 pages

Equilibrium-based Explanation

vs. Individualism

chapter 10|16 pages

Time and Evolution in Economic Theory

part |2 pages

Part IV A CRITIQUE OF TRADITIONAL ECONOMIC METHODOLOGY

part |2 pages

Part V PUTTING POPPER ON THE AGENDA

part |2 pages

Part VI APPLIED METHODOLOGY FOR ECONOMIC MODEL BUILDING

chapter 16|8 pages

Knowledge and Learning in Economic Models

chapter 17|9 pages

Individualism and Social Knowledge

chapter 18|11 pages

Obstacles to Building Realistic Models