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The Principles of Economics: Some Lies My Teacher Told Me [Paperback]

Lawrence Boland (Author)

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Publication Date: October 26, 1995

Boland's book will help a new generation of economists to overcome the traditional economic metaphysics, exploring the central questions by - hopefully - more testable, realistic concepts. This book is about forming effective critiques of neoclassical economics. Its focus is on constructive criticism of the foundations of neoclassical theory, beginning with what Alfred Marshall called the `Principles of Economics'. It concludes that there is still much that can be done to make neoclassical economics more realistic.

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The book is a scholarly, incisive exploration into the foundational assumptions of economics that provides a welcome step in the continuing exposition of the world according to Boland. . . . there is much insight and knowledge to be gained from Boland and his approach . . ..
–Journal of Economic Literature, 9/93

About the Author

Lawrence A. Boland is Professor of Economics at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. He is the author of The Methodology of Economic Model Building (Routledge, 1989). --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Routledge; New edition edition (October 26, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415132088
ISBN-13: 978-0415132084
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,307,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This book cites 46 books:

Principles of Economics (Great Minds Series) by Alfred Marshall on 6 pages
Causality in Economics by John Richard, Sir Hicks on page 139, and Back Matter
Mathematical psychics and other essays (Foundations of mathematical economics) by Francis Ysidro Edgeworth on page 147, and Back Matter
Mathematical Psychics by Edgeworth on page 147, and Back Matter
The Mind and Society by Vilfredo Pareto in Back Matter

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New Directions in Economic Methodology (Economics as Social Theory) by Roger E. Backhouse in Front Matter, page 22, and page 171
An Essay on Rights by Hillel Steiner on page 169, and Back Matter
Critical Economic Methodology: A Personal Odyssey by Lawrence Boland in Front Matter, and Back Matter
Critical Realism in Economics: Development and Debate (Economics as Social Theory) by Steve Fleetwood on page 134
Remaking the Global Economy: Economic-Geographical Perspectives by Jamie A Peck in Back Matter

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