Philosophy Of Economics: An Anthology

P1: JZP 9780521883504pre CUFX202/Hausman 978 0 521 88350 4 November 1, 2007 22:18 THE PHILOSOPHY OF ECONOMICS This is a comprehensive anthology of works on the philosophy of economics, including classic texts and essays exploring specific branches and schools of economics. Other than the classics, most of the selections in the third edition are new, and both the comprehensive introduction and the bibliography have been revamped to bring the volume up to date. The volume contains twenty-six chapters organized into five parts: (I) Classic Discussions, (II) Positivist and Popperian Views, (III) Ideology and Normative Economics, (IV) Branches and Schools of Economics and Their Methodological Problems, and (V) New Directions in Economic Methodology. It includes crucial historical contributions by figures such as Mill, Marx, Weber, Robbins, Knight, and Veblen, as well as works by the leading contemporary figures writing on economic methodology, including five Nobel Laureates in Economics. Daniel M. Hausman is Herbert A. Simon Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He previously taught at the University of Maryland at College Park and Carnegie Mellon University. His research has focused on methodological, metaphysical, and ethical issues at the boundaries between economics and philosophy. In collaboration with Michael McPherson, he founded the Cambridge University Press journal Economics and Philosophy and edited it for its first ten years. His most important books include Capital, Profits and Prices (1981) The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics (1992), Causal Asymmetries (1998) and, coauthored with Michael McPherson, Economic Analysis and Moral Philosophy (1996) and its expanded second edition, Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy and Public Policy (2006). i P1: JZP 9780521883504pre CUFX202/Hausman 978 0 521 88350 4 ii November 1, 2007 22:18 P1: JZP 9780521883504pre CUFX202/Hausman 978 0 521 88350 4 November 1, 2007 22:18 The Philosophy of Economics An Anthology Third Edition Edited by DANIEL M. HAUSMAN University of Wisconsin–Madison iii CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 8RU, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521883504 © Cambridge University Press 1984, 1994, 2008 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2007 eBook (NetLibrary) ISBN-13