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As a social science, economics studies social interactions. What distinguishes it from other social science disciplines … knowledge'. Some regard this methodological foundation of positivist fallibilism as the feature that makes economics the 'queen … science. Interestingly, both critiques and defences of economics often make reference to ideology: defenders claim that …
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As a social science, economics studies social interactions. What distinguishes it from other social science disciplines … knowledge’. Some regard this methodological foundation of positivist fallibilism as the feature that makes economics the 'queen … science. Interestingly, both critiques and defences of economics often make reference to ideology: defenders claim that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012135052
economics that lie at the heart of this battle. It concludes by observing how a greater appreciation of and respect for each …
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Many historians now reject quantitative methods as inappropriate to understanding past societies. It is argued here, however, that no sharp distinction between qualitative and quantitative concepts can be drawn, as almost any concept used to describe a past society is implicitly quantitative....
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economics that lie at the heart of this battle. It concludes by observing how a greater appreciation of and respect for each …
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Personnel economics is a rather young academic (sub-)discipline that applies (micro) economic methodology and insights …
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Personnel economics is a rather young academic (sub-)discipline that applies (micro) economic methodology and insights …
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Classical virtue theory has received limited attention in economics. The paper demonstrates its fruitfulness for … economic and legal analysis by linking the traditional ethical literature with modern law and economics. Virtues are … economics. It is found that the virtue factor has major significance in economic life.The paper also outlines a general …
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In educating economists, we should sacrifice some of the more technical aspects of economics (which can be learned … these interdisciplinary studies are given here. In the discussion of the place of mathematics in economics, fuzziness enters … economics, are regarded as a "soft" technology compared with the "hard" technology of the natural sciences, development studies …
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attempts to forge new ways to study the history of contemporary economics, and the role of science studies in providing a …
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