A Not-so-dismal Science: A Broader View of Economies and Societies

Olson, Mancur; Kähkönen, Satu

ISBN 10: 0198293690 / ISBN 13: 9780198293699

Editore: Oxford University Press, 2000

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Oxford University Press, 2000. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Almost like new with some very minor shelf wear. Pages are clean and feel unopened. Excellent book! Codice articolo 000295

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Titolo: A Not-so-dismal Science: A Broader View of ...

Casa editrice: Oxford University Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2000

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto:

Modern economics is like a metropolitan area. Economists' ideas about business and markets are like the magnificent buildings of the city centre. Yet most growth and prosperity is in the suburbs -- lately many of economics' greatest successes have been outside the traditional boundaries of the discipline. In the study of law, economic ideas have been the intellectual focus and `law and economics' has become a major field. In the study of politics, economists and political scientists using economics-type methods are uniquely influential. In sociology and history, economics has had a smaller but growing influence through `rational choice sociology' and `cliometrics'. The influence of the economists type thinking in other social sciences is bringing about a theoretical integration of all the social sciences under one overarching paradigm. The chapters of the book illustrate the intellectual advances that account for this unified view of economies and societies.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Mancur Olson was Distinguished Professor of economics at the University of Maryland and Founder and Principal Investigator of the Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS), also based at the University of Maryland.
Satu Kahkonen is Associate Director of IRIS.