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What’s Wrong with Economics?

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  • © 1972

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  1. Benjamin Ward
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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Neoclassical Economics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Economics as a Science

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 3-13

    3. The Practice of Economics

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 15-32

    4. A Science in Crisis?

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 33-54

  3. Marxism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Marxist Economics as a Science

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 57-70

    3. Twentieth-Century Marxism

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 71-87

    4. What’s Wrong with Economics I

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 89-92

  4. Social Man

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. Conversions not Decisions

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 95-107

    3. Language and Change

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 109-118

    4. Social Man and Economics

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 119-139

  5. The Art of Persuasion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. Verification in Economics

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 143-158

    3. The Positivist Dream

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 159-177

    4. Storytelling

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 179-190

  6. Values and Deeds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Values in Economics

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 193-205

    3. Five Ways of Looking at “Ought”

      • Benjamin Ward
      Pages 207-221
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: What’s Wrong with Economics?

  • Authors: Benjamin Ward

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01806-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Basic Books, Inc., 1972

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-01808-6Published: 01 January 1972

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-01806-2Published: 18 June 1972

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 273

  • Topics: Economics, general

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