Frontmatter -- Contents -- Part One From Economics to Science Studies -- Introduction: Cracks, Hidden Passageways, and False Bottoms: The Economics of Science and Social Studies of Economics -- 1 Confessions of an Aging Enfant Terrible -- Part Two Science as an Economic Phenomenon -- 2 On...

We explore recent arguments that economists may not serve to enlighten their publics so much as foster surplus confusion and doubt concerning controversies in their areas of expertise, particularly with regard to the recent worldwide economic crisis. After describing agnotology, the new area of...

Une appréhension adéquate du concept d'équilibre en économie implique qu'il soit resitué dans le contexte de l'histoire intellectuelle tant de la physique que de l'économie. Dans cette perspective, la notion d'Equilibre Grénéral, concept-pivôt de la théorie néo-classique, se révèle...

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