Method and Appraisal in Economics [Paperback]

The central problem of the essays in this volume is the problem of theory appraisal in economics.The central problem of the essays in this volume is the problem of theory appraisal in economics. In the history of economic theory we find few widely recognised theoretical achievements and in the history of the methodology of economics we find little agreement concerning the standards by which we should judge a theory as an improvement on its predecessors.The central problem of the essays in this volume is the problem of theory appraisal in economics. In the history of economic theory we find few widely recognised theoretical achievements and in the history of the methodology of economics we find little agreement concerning the standards by which we should judge a theory as an improvement on its predecessors.The central problem of the essays in this volume is the problem of theory appraisal in economics. In the history of economic theory we find few widely recognised theoretical achievements and in the history of the methodology of economics we find little agreement concerning the standards by which we should judge a theory as an improvement on its predecessors.1. A research programme in economics S. J Latsis; 2. Economics and psychology: the death and resurrection of a research programme A. W. Coats; 3. Schools, 'revolutions' and research programmes in economic theory A Leijonhufvud; 4. Anomaly and the development of economics: the case of the Leontief paradox N. De Marchi; 5. From substantive to procedural rationality H. A. Simon; 6. Kuhn versus Lakatos or Paradigms versus research programmes in the history of economics M. Blaug; 7.On the history and philosophy of science and economics T. W. Hutchinson; 8. `Revolutions' in economics J. R. Hicks.