Economics as anatomy : radical innovation in empirical economics

Contents: Preface -- Part I: Re-appraisal -- 1. Introduction -- 2. How good are econometric results? -- 3. Assumptions in empirical economics -- 4. Three types of rigour -- 5. Misinterpreting Kelvin's Maxim -- 6. Myths about case studies -- 7. Discontent in the academy -- 8. Wider discontent -- Part II: Innovation -- 9. Economics of innovation -- 10. Incremental innovation in economics -- 11. Radical innovation in economics -- Part III: The federation -- 12. Why emulate medicine? -- 13. Economic anatomy -- 14. Economic physiology -- 15. Economic pathology -- 16. Pathology in the economics discipline -- 17. Multidisciplinary hybrids -- 18. Practitioner hybrids -- 19. And many others ... 209 -- 20. Will the federation survive? -- References -- Index.