Economics Made Fun - Philosophy of the pop-economics (Hardcover)

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, have started to express their doubts about whether economics is a success as a science. As well as academic papers, newspaper columns with a large audience have discussed the failure of economic to predict and explain ongoing trends. The emerging picture is somewhat confusing: economics-made-fun books present economics as a method of thinking that can successfully explain everyday and "freaky" phenomena. On the other hand, however, economics seems to fail in addressing and explaining the most pressing matters related to the field of economics itself. This book explores the confusion created by this contradictory picture of economics. Could a science that cannot answer its own core questions really be used to explain the logic of everyday life? This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Economic Methodology.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 2015
First published:	2015
Editors:	N. Aydinonat • Jack Vromen
Dimensions:	246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	156
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-90267-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic theory & philosophy Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic forecasting Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > Philosophy > General
LSN:	1-138-90267-5
Barcode:	9781138902671

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