Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction to Economic Science Fictions -- Challenging the Market -- Wither Utopias? -- Why 'Economic Science Fictions'? -- I The Science and...

Measuring and Promoting Wellbeing -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Economic Growth, Wellbeing and Protecting the Future: An Overview of the Castles Symposium -- Part One: The Role of Economics in Defining and Promoting Wellbeing -- 2. Economic Growth and Wellbeing: Ian Castles' Contribution --...

Contents -- To the Reader -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Vision of a Science of Economics -- 3 Empirical Relevance -- 4 Qualitative Response Models -- 5 A Cross-Section Analysis of an Economic Theory -- 6 Theory-Data Confrontations with Time-Series Data -- 7 Analysis of Positively...

This textbook provides an important and fresh approach to the understanding of microeconomic policy. Microeconomic Policy links principles to settings and shows how theory compliments policy and vice-versa. By linking theory to policies and application, this text will enable students to acquire...

Contains contributions from distinguished authorities in economics including Paul Samuelson, Amitava Dutt and Geoffrey Hodgson. This volume covers many themes from the history of economic thought and economic theory