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Handbook of teaching ethics to economists : a plurality of perspectives
Negru, Ioana (ed.); Duckworth, Craig (ed.);  … - 2023
"Drawing on the knowledge of highly experienced academics, this authoritative Handbook explains how ethics can inform the teaching of economics. It includes state-of-the-art moral theory alongside traditional approaches to emphasise why ethics should be an important consideration for economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437076
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Handbook of economic organization : integrating economic and organization theory
Grandori, Anna (contributor) - 2013
pt. I. The micro-foundations of economic organization : extending behavioral assumptions on knowledge, interest, and … rationality -- pt. II. The constitution of economic organization between interacting and contracting -- pt. III. The shaping of … economic organization between design and evolution -- pt. IV. Human resources and economic organization between assets and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420121
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Thorstein Veblen and the revival of free market capitalism
Knoedler, Janet T. (contributor);  … - 2007
1. The place of science in society : progress, pragmatism, pluralism -- 2. Thorstein Veblen on the origins and meaning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420051
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Augustin Cournot : modelling economics
Touffut, Jean-Philippe (contributor) - 2007
1. Cournot as economist : 200 years of relevance / Jean Magnan de Bornier -- 2. Cournot's probabilistic epistemology / Thierry Martin -- 3. The functions of economic models / Bernard Walliser -- 4. From Cournot's principle to market efficiency / Glenn Shafer -- 5. War and peace / Robert J....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420015
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Economics and the social sciences : boundaries, interaction and integration
Ioannides, Stavros (contributor); Nielsen, Klaus (contributor) - 2007
pt. 1. Economics and other social sciences : relationships and boundaries -- pt. 2. New light on rationality, social relations and the environment -- pt. 3. Flexibility, routines and production in economics and social sciences.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420027
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The Elgar companion to social economics
Davis, John Bryan (ed.); Dolfsma, Wilfred (ed.) - 2015 - 2nd ed
This comprehensive second edition of The Elgar Companion to Social Economics presents an overview of a dynamic and growing field in economics that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850811
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The making of a European economist
Colander, David C. - 2009
David Colander's highly original and thought provoking book considers ongoing changes in graduate European economics education. Following up on his earlier classic studies of US graduate economic education, he studies the 'economist production function' in which universities take student 'raw...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851096
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The Elgar companion to economics and philosophy
Marciano, Alain (contributor); Davis, John Bryan (contributor) - 2004
The Elgar Companion to Economics and Philosophy aims to demonstrate exactly how these two important areas have always been linked, and to illustrate the key areas of overlap. The contributors are well-known and distinguished authors from a variety of disciplines, who have been invited both to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851384
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Is there progress in economics? : knowledge, truth and the history of economic thought
Böhm, Stephan (contributor) - 2002
This thought-provoking book discusses the concept of progress in economics and investigates whether any advance has been made in its different spheres of research. The authors look back at the history, successes and failures of their respective fields and thoroughly examine the notion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851496
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The Elgar companion to social economics
Davis, John Bryan (contributor);  … - 2008
As this comprehensive Companion demonstrates, social economics is a dynamic and growing field that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in the larger web of social and ethical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851593