This paper examines the importance of the studying the basics of economics from a student's perspective …

The history of modern economics abounds with pleas for more pluralism as well as pleas for more unification. These seem … Paul Samuelson's Foundations of Economic Analysis (1947) to argue that even in influential foundational research in modern … particular, Samuelson's Foundations is invariably presented as a key text in the unification of modern economics during the …

Pluralism in economics appears to be a double-edged sword: we need more than one theory to grasp and explain the entire …

The renowned institutionalist Geoffrey Hodgson has claimed inter alia that heterodox economics has failed to define its … strategies: the creation of heterodox economics academic departments; for heterodox economists to enter non-economics academic … economics discipline and he reiterates, in part, past criticisms from the mainstream as well as presenting his criticisms to a …

Traditionally, students of economics have often been told that it is a non-experimental science. Using a quantitative … for the research methodology of our science and how it is understood by current and former students. … and qualitative analysis of introductory economics textbooks, we track the historical evolution of this rhetoric from 1970 …

noncognitive resources play in discovery is discussed as well as the costs of resources used in research. Different models for the … funding of research are presented. The chapter also discusses scientific labor markets and the extreme difficulty encountered … scientific research to economic growth and suggestions for future research. …

tracing the major developments of happiness research in economics and demonstrating that we have gained important new insights …Revolutionary developments in economics are rare. The conservative bias of the field and its enshrined knowledge make … it difficult to introduce new ideas not in line with received theory. Happiness research, however, has the potential to …

Science is difficult and costly to do well. This study systematically creates an economics of science. Many aspects of … science. An exploration of broader methodological themes raised by an economics of science ends the work. …Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- WHY AN ECONOMICS …