This book champions the view that economics is a social science and that, moreover, it may serve as a new paradigm for the social sciences. Economics is taken to be a part of those sciences which deal with actual problems of society by providing insights, improving our understanding and...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Deirdre McCloskey -- 2. Kenneth G. Binmore -- 3. Herbert Gintis -- 4. Robert H. Frank -- 5. Matthew Rabin -- 6. William A. ("Buz") Brock -- 7. Duncan K. Foley -- 8. Richard B. Norgaard -- 9. Robert Axtell and H. Peyton Young -- 10. Kenneth Arrow...