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Frey, Bruno S.

 
9789401713764: Economics As a Science of Human Behaviour: Towards a New Social Science Paradigm
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ISBN 10: 9401713766 ISBN 13: 9789401713764
Casa editrice: Springer, 2013

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This book champions the view that economics is a social science, and that, moreover, it may serve as a new paradigm for the social sciences. Economics is taken to be part of those sciences which deal with actual problems of society by providing insights, improving our understanding and suggesting solutions. I am aware that the way problems are addressed here has little in common with economics as it is generally understood today; most economists make strong efforts to imitate the exact sciences. Economics tends to become a branch of applied mathematics; the majority of all publications in professional journals and books are full of axioms, lemmas and proofs, and they are much concerned with purely formal deductions. Often, when the results are translated into verbal language, or when they are applied empirically, disappointingly little of interest remains. The book wants to show that another type of economics exists which is surprisingly little known. This type of economics has its own particular point of view. It centres on a concept of man, or a model of human behaviour, which differs from those normally used in other social sciences such as sociology, political science, law, or psychology. I do not, how­ ever, claim that economics is the only legitimate social science. On the vii viii PREFACE contrary, economics can provide useful insights only in collaboration with the other social sciences-an aspect which has been disregarded by mathematically oriented economics.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Bruno S. Frey ist Ständiger Gastprofessor an der Universität Basel und Forschungsdirektor bei CREMA - Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts, Zürich/Schweiz. Zuvor war er Professor an den Universitäten Konstanz, Zürich, Chicago, Warwick und Friedrichshafen und ist mit fünf Ehrendoktoraten in fünf Ländern ausgezeichnet worden.

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This book champions the view that economics is a social science, and that, moreover, it may serve as a new paradigm for the social sciences. Economics is taken to be part of those sciences which deal with actual problems of society by providing insights, improving our understanding and suggesting solutions. I am aware that the way problems are addressed here has little in common with economics as it is generally understood today; most economists make strong efforts to imitate the exact sciences. Economics tends to become a branch of applied mathematics; the majority of all publications in professional journals and books are full of axioms, lemmas and proofs, and they are much concerned with purely formal deductions. Often, when the results are translated into verbal language, or when they are applied empirically, disappointingly little of interest remains. The book wants to show that another type of economics exists which is surprisingly little known. This type of economics has its own particular point of view. It centres on a concept of man, or a model of human behaviour, which differs from those normally used in other social sciences such as sociology, political science, law, or psychology. I do not, how­ ever, claim that economics is the only legitimate social science. On the vii viii PREFACE contrary, economics can provide useful insights only in collaboration with the other social sciences-an aspect which has been disregarded by mathematically oriented economics.

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Editore
Springer
Data di pubblicazione
2013
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
9401713766
ISBN 13 
9789401713764
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
254
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