My philosophical case study concerns textbook presentations of the theory of demand. Does this theory contain anything more than just a collection of tautologies? In order to determine its empirical content, it must be viewed holistically. But then, the theory implies false factual claims. We...

Preface -- Part I: Greece and European Integration -- Part II: Issues in the Methodology of Economics -- Part III: Institutions and the Free Market Economy -- Part IV: Insights for Today from Ancient Greece -- Part V: Indices -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

Mark Blaug has with good reason been described as the most widely read economist of his generation. He has made important contributions to economic history, cultural economics, the history of economic thought, the methodology of economics and the economics of education. Not Only an Economist...

Nach einer langen Zeit der separaten Entwicklung der wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen werden in diesem Buch nicht nur die wesentlichen Ansätze einer Integration von Ökonomie und Soziologie dargestellt, sondern es wird versucht, die ökonomischen Annahmen und Voraussetzungen in den soziologischen...