What do economists know? : new economics of knowledge

What do economists know? : new economics of knowledge / edited by Robert F. Garnett, Jr.

This volume provocatively rethinks the question of what, how and for whom economics is produced. Academic economists in the twentieth century have presumed to monopolise economic knowledge, seeing themselves as the only legitimate producers and consumers of this highly specialized commodity. This ha...

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Other Authors: Garnett, Robert F.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Series:Economics as social theory.
Subjects:
Economics.
Economists.
economics.
economists.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Economics
Economists
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Economics of knowledge: old and new
  • ROBERT F. GARNETT, JR / Old and new Robert F. Garnett, Jr
  • part Part I Academic versus ersatz economics
  • chapter 2 The transgressive knowledge of ersatz economics
  • JACK AMARIGLIO AND DAVID F. RUCCIO / Jack Amariglio and David F. Ruccio McCloskey and ersatz economics
  • chapter 4 Jack, David, and Judith looking at me looking at them / DEIRDRE MCCLOSKEY
  • chapter 5 The crowding out of academic economics: the case of NAFTA
  • ARJO KLAMER AND JENNIFER MEEHAN / The case of NAFTA Arjo Klamer and Jennifer Meehan
  • chapter 6 Bridging the gap between the public's and the economists views of the economy / ROBERT J. BLENDON
  • part Part II It's not all academic
  • chapter 7 Economic knowledge, professional authority, and the state: the case of American economics during and after World War II
  • MICHAEL A. BERNSTEIN / The case of American economics during and after World War II Michael A. Bernstein
  • chapter 8 Foundations and economic knowledge / RADHIKA BALAKRISHNAN
  • chapter 9 Can there be genre difference in economic literature? / SUZANNE BERGERON
  • part Part III Reconstructing the academic conversation
  • chapter 10 Postmodernism and identity conditions for discourses / JOHN B. DAVIS
  • chapter 11 The role of econometrics in the neoclassical research program / JAMES R. WIBLE
  • part Part IV Teaching matters
  • chapter 12 A picture is worth a thousand words / ULLA GRAPARD
  • chapter 13 Mandating knowledge: the role of the Advanced Placement exam in secondary economics education
  • CLAIRE SPROUL / The role of the Advanced Placement exam in secondary economics education Claire Sproul
  • chapter 14 Strategy and tactics in the pedagogy of economics: what should be done about neoclassical economics?
  • GRAHAME F. THOMPSON / What should be done about neoclassical economics? Grahame F. Thompson
  • chapter 15 A working knowledge of economics? / RICHARD MCINTYRE.

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