Foldes, Lucien (2017) Notes on revisiting Klappholz and Agassi’s “Methodological Prescriptions in Economics”. In: Bar-AM, Nimrod and Gattei, Stefano, (eds.) Encouraging Openness: Essays for Joseph Agassi on the Occasion of His 90th Birthday. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Cham, CH, 455 - 466. ISBN 9783319576688
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Abstract
I reconsider the paper ‘Methodological Prescriptions in Economics’, Economica, February 1959, by Kurt Klappholz and Joseph Agassi. I criticise the thesis that “there is only one generally applicable methodological rule, and that is the exhortation to be critical […].” I compare the methodology of physics with that of economics, and discuss whether typical economic ‘laws’ are testable hypotheses. I consider whether an approach to economic policy based on welfare economics is biassed. In conclusion, I sketch an approach to economic methodology and suggest some rules of method that may be useful to the working economist.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Official URL: | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-5... |
Additional Information: | © 2017 Springer International Publishing AG |
Divisions: | Systemic Risk Centre |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
JEL classification: | B - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology > B4 - Economic Methodology > B40 - General |
Date Deposited: | 01 Aug 2022 13:36 |
Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 18:06 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/115741 |
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