economics and other social sciences, such as the preservation of the scientific 'competition' in the supply of economic theory …

This essay explores the profoundly gendered nature of the split between the disciplines of economics and sociology … economic sociology. Drawing on historical documents and feminist studies of science, it investigates the gendered processes … sociology has the potential to heal this disciplinary split, but only if the field is broadened, deepened, and made wiser and …

in nature. Moreover, while drawing on the history of economics and the history of physics, I argue that the history of a … the history of economics and economic history. I distinguish my approach from two closely related positions that emphasize … learning from the past for scientific purposes. In my conclusion, I argue that that if economics departments continue to …

institutions that constitute scholarly economics the way they are? I answer both of these questions by positing that within the … modern economics profession, it is plausible that economic ideas compete on margins unrelated to truth. The adaptive value of … certain kinds of economics can explain the prevalence of the economics that is currently practiced. Since survivability and …

action of Alfred Schütz. Because of the importance that Mises’ theory has had on economics it is interesting to highlight the …The aim of this article is to investigate the relationship between the praxeology of L. von Mises and the theory of … theory of the action is being more and more diffused in the social sciences and in the second place, because the importance …

Ronald Coase (1910-2013), who sadly died at the remarkable age of 102, made significant contributions to economics … structure and functioning of the economy”. This paper traces the development of Coase’s economics to describe his contributions … and the essence of the law and economics enterprise he fostered …

This chapter summarizes leading critiques of law and economics. For the most part, we put aside objections to … particular applications of law and economics to distinct fields of law. We focus on rather general criticisms that properly apply … to widely shared core commitments within the field of law and economics. We have grouped these critiques into three …