Lament for economics

Author(s)

• Wootton, Barbara

Bibliographic Information

Lament for economics

Barbara Wootton

（Routledge library editions, . Economics ; 87 . Methodology & philosophy of economics ; 5）

Routledge, 2003

Note

Reprint. Originally published: London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1938

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Does economics actually help us to understand and solve real world problems? Examining and analysing the role of economics and economic theory in the social and political life of the early twentieth century, many of the arguments contained in this book are as relevant and controversial today as when they were first published. Chapters include: 1. The Relation of Economic Theory to the Actual Economic World 2. The Nature and Insignificance of the Economic Science 3. Economics as Apologetics? 4. Economic Individualism

Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 The Indictment
• Chapter 2 The Relation of Economic Theory to the Actual Economic World
• Chapter 3 The Nature and Insignificance of Economic Science
• Chapter 4 Economics as Apologetics?
• Chapter 5 Economic Individualism, Old and New Style
• Chapter 6 Towards A New Foundation

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA63408337
• ISBN:
  • 0415313902
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 322 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA62797390