The Language of Economics Socially Constructed Vocabularies and Assumptions /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Mitchell, Robert E. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Θέματα: Economic history.; Culture - Economic aspects.; Economics.; Methodology/History of Economic Thought.; Economic History.; Cultural Economics.

This Palgrave Pivot demonstrates that the inherited vocabularies of economics and other social sciences contain socially constructed words and theories that bias our very understanding of history and markets, bridging the empirical and moral dimensions of economics in general and inequality in parti...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 Economists' Epistemological Challenges
• 2 The Trajectory of the First Social Science
• 3 An Overview of Socially Constructed Mental Models and Vocabularies
• 4 From Metaphor to Fact: The Early History of Creating a New Language of Markets & Economies
• 5 Value Judgments Regarding the Meaning of Wealth
• 6 Alternative Values and Mental Models: The Recurring Challenge of Inequality
• 7 The Long-Standing Interest in the Meanings, Causes, and Consequences of Inequality
• 8 Is the Past a Reliable Prologue for the Future of Economics?.