Marshall's Tendencies: What Can Economists Know? - Brossura

Sutton, John

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ISBN 10: 0262692791 ISBN 13: 9780262692793

Casa editrice: MIT Press, 2002

Riassunto

I started to read idly, and soon found myself hooked. An intelligent insider's thoughts on research strategies will do that to you.Robert M. Solow, Institute Professor of Economics, Emeritus, MIT, and Nobel Laureate in Economics (1987)

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L'autore:

John Sutton is Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics at the LondonSchool of Economics.

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The world of economics is a complicated and messy place. Yet modern economic analysis rests on an attempt to represent the world by means of simple mathematical models. To what extent is this possible? How can such a programme cope with the fact that economic outcomes are often driven by factors that are notoriously difficult to quantify? Can such mathematical modelling lead us to theories that work? In these lectures, John Sutton explores what he calls the "standard paradigm" that lies at the heart of economic model building, whose roots go back a century to the work of Alfred Marshall. In probing the strengths and limitations of this paradigm, he looks at some of the remarkable successes, as well as deep disappointments, that have flowed from it.

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• Editore: MIT Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0262692791
• ISBN 13: 9780262692793
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 139