The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Economics

Julian Reiss, Conrad Heilmann (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

400 Seiten

2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-82420-1 (ISBN)

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The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Economics gives a comprehensive overview of key concepts in the field and provides a forum for its most important debates. These debates include the role of neuroeconomics, the foundations of decision and game theory, mechanisms, significance tests, capabilities, limits of markets, and Nudge policies. In each debate, one scholar presents a new lead article on a topical question in philosophy of economics, and up to three scholars write responses. Short overviews, written by the Handbook's editors, precede each debate, providing context and explaining key concepts. These overviews will best serve advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in philosophy, economics and neighboring disciplines, as well as scholars new to the field. The debates themselves will also interest researchers in philosophy and economics and in related fields.

Conrad Heilmann is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Erasmus School of Philosophy, Co-Director of the Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (EIPE), and Core Faculty of the Erasmus Initiative "Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity" at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He works on choice, fairness, finance, and other topics in the philosophy of economics. Julian Reiss is Professor of Philosophy at Johannes Kepler University Linz and Head of the Institute of Philosophy and Scientific Method. He is the author of Causation, Evidence, and Inference (Routledge, 2015), Philosophy of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2013), Error in Economics: Towards a More Evidence-Based Methodology (Routledge, 2008; Erasmus Philosophy International Research Prize), and more than sixty papers in leading philosophy and social science journals and edited collections.

Part I. Foundations of Economics

Should economics give up rational choice theory?

Should behavioural economics be adopted as central method in microeconomics?

Should neuroeconomics be adopted as central method in microeconomics?

Is hyperbolic time discounting irrational?

Has game theory been refuted?

Should classical game theory be replaced by epistemic game theory?

Part II. Methodology of Economics

What kind of account of measurement is needed for economics?

Are mechanisms the best account to deal with economic explanation?

Do we need theory for econometrics?

Should economics give up significance tests?

Is realism the best standard for economic models?

Should economic policy be evidence-based?

What should be the role of case studies in empirical research?

Part III. Ethical Aspects of Economics

Should economists discuss the ethical base of their discipline more explicitly?

What limits should markets have?

Do markets make us better people?

Should economics turn capabilitarian?

What can economists contribute to theories of justice?

Should economists embrace happiness?

20. Are Nudge policies dangerous?

Erscheinungsdatum	17.12.2019
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	1140 g
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften
	Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
ISBN-10	1-138-82420-8 / 1138824208
ISBN-13	978-1-138-82420-1 / 9781138824201
Zustand	Neuware