Facts, Values and Objectivity in Economics (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Castro Caldas, José; Neves, Vítor

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In the light of questions about the state and responsibility in the wake of the financial crisis, the debate on value-neutrality and objectivity has again come to the fore. This volume brings together economists, sociologists and philosophers, to explore the key issues involved in this debate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136328640
• Artikelnr.: 38243775

Autorenporträt

José Castro Caldas is a researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, Coimbra University, Portugal (CES). He was previously assistant professor at the Economics Department of ISCTE, Lisbon and researcher at DINÂMIA. Vítor Neves is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Coimbra University, Portugal, and Senior Researcher at the Centre for Social Studies (CES). He is also member of the Stirling Centre for Economic Methodology (UK).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Issues at Stake José Castro Caldas and Vítor Neves 2.
Economics and Moral Sentiments: The Case of Moral Hazard Sheila Dow 3. The
Conflicting Languages of Economics and Human Rights Manuel Couret Branco
4. The Meaning of Objectivity: What Can We Learn from Robbins and Myrdal?
José Castro Caldas and Vítor Neves 5. Values, Objectivity and Moral Realism
Nuno Ornelas Martins 6. The Facts and Values of Experimental Economics Ana
C. Santos 7. The Contribution of the Sociology of Quantification to a
Discussion of Objectivity in Economics Laura Centemeri 8. Embodied
Expectations: The Somatic Subject and the Changing Political Economy of
Life and Health João Arriscado Nunes 9. Deep Contextualism and Radical
Criticism: The Argument for a Division of Labour in a Contemporary
Political Theory Mathias Thaler 10. Practical Reasoning in Economic
Affairs: The Human Development Index as a Case Study Ricardo Crespo