The World in the Model
How Economists Work and Think
"This book describes a radical shift in the study of economic science, in which arguing with words was replaced by reasoning with mathematical models"-- Provided by publisher
Mary S. Morgan Książki
History of Political Economy - 44: Observing the Economy
Historical Perspectives - Annual Supplement to Volume 44
- 269 stron
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"The purpose of the present volume is to uncover enough elements of [the history of observation (the noun) and observing (the verb) in economics] to broaden our understanding of how economists observe the world and so change the way historians, philosophers,and economists think about this basic activity of science." [p.9]