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“jack vromen”

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  • The Economics of Economists

    Institutional Setting, Individual Incentives, and Future Prospects

    Edited by Alessandro Lanteri, Jack Vromen ...
    The profession of academic economics has been widely criticized for being excessively dependent on technical models based on unrealistic assumptions about rationality and individual behavior, and yet it remains a sparsely studied area. This volume presents a series of background readings on the profession by leading scholars in the history of economic thought and economic methodology. Adopting a ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • The Future of the Philosophy of Economics

    Edited by Constanze Binder, Conrad Heilmann, Jack Vromen ...
    Originating from the International Network for Economic Method conference, hosted by the Erasmus Institute for Economics and Philosophy (EIPE) at the Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2013, this book chooses key themes that reflect on fascinating new developments in the philosophy of economics.Contributions discuss new avenues and debates in important and upcoming areas, such as the philosophy of ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Economics Made Fun

    Philosophy of the pop-economics

    Edited by N. Aydinonat, Jack Vromen ...
    Best-selling books such as Freakonomics and The Undercover Economist have paved the way for the flourishing economics-made-fun genre. While books like these present economics as a strong and explanatory science, the ongoing economic crisis has exposed the shortcomings of economics to the general public. In the face of this crisis, many people, including well-known economists such as Paul Krugman, ... Read more

    $71.44 CAD

  • Neuroeconomics: Hype or Hope?

    Edited by Caterina Marchionni, Jack Vromen ...
    Is neuroeconomics a flimsy fad likely to pass without leaving a discernible trace in economics? Or is it a promising new field with the potential to enrich and improve economic theory? Neuroeconomics brings together a unique mix of perspectives ranging from philosophy of science to neuroeconomics practice to reflect on the promises and limitations of neuroeconomics for the future of economics. The ... Read more

    $63.20 CAD

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  • Conceptualizing Capitalism

    Institutions, Evolution, Future

    by Geoffrey M. Hodgson ...
    "Erudite and thought-provoking. . . . a stimulating, historically grounded exploration of the subject . . . rewarding." — Financial TimesA few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets and private property had existed for millennia, but what other key institutions fostered capitalism's relatively recent emergence?With Conceptualizing Capitalism, ... Read more

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  • Ecological Economics

    Political Economics for Social and Environmental Development

    by Peter Soderbaum ...
    Ecological economics seeks to socially construct a political economics which will deal successfully with environmental problems and make the individual more visible in economic analysis. The author describes the principles, strategies and instruments of social change for key players - governmental agencies, business corporations, environmental and religious organizations and universities - and ... Read more

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  • Theory for the Working Sociologist

    by Fabio Rojas ...
    Theory for the Working Sociologist makes social theory easy to understand by revealing sociology's hidden playbook. Fabio Rojas argues that sociologists use four different theoretical "moves" when they try to explain the social world: how groups defend their status, how people strategically pursue their goals, how values and institutions support each other, and how people create their social ... Read more

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  • Interdisciplinary Economics

    Kenneth E. Boulding’s Engagement in the Sciences

    Edited by Wilfred Dolfsma, Stefan Kesting ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    Kenneth Boulding was a prolific writer across so many different fields that not only is he often much referred to and cited, he is considered a core member of many of these fields. Boulding is the quintessential interdisciplinary scholar. He died in 1993, but he has left a legacy in economics, conflict studies, systems theory, ecology, biology, communication studies, and ethics. As an economist ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

    Edited by C.M. Melenovsky ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
    This handbook advances the interdisciplinary field of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) by identifying thirty-five topics of ongoing research. Instead of focusing on historically significant texts, it features experts talking about current debates. Individually, each chapter provides a resource for new research. Together, the chapters provide a thorough introduction to contemporary work in ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

  • Concepts of Capital

    The Commodification of Social Life

    Edited by Jacek Tittenbrun ...
    Borrowing terminology from the economic discipline‘specifically the concept of "capital" has led to an abundance of new terms in the social sciences: human capital, social capital, and cultural capital, to name the most prominent representatives on an ever-growing list. In this interdisciplinary transaction, the concept is borrowed and the original meaning extended until the new concepts often ... Read more

    $94.81 CAD

  • Cogs and Monsters

    What Economics Is, and What It Should Be

    by Diane Coyle ...
    How economics needs to change to keep pace with the twenty-first century and the digital economyDigital technology, big data, big tech, machine learning, and AI are revolutionizing both the tools of economics and the phenomena it seeks to measure, understand, and shape. In Cogs and Monsters, Diane Coyle explores the enormous problems—but also opportunities—facing economics today and examines what ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

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