On Economic Knowledge: Toward a Science of Political Economics
In: Routledge Revivals
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to First Edition -- Preface to Enlarged Edition -- PART ONE CAN ECONOMICS BE A SCIENCE? -- 1. Man-Matter-Society -- 2. The Economics of a Market Society -- 3. Economic Behavior and the Evolution of Capitalism -- PART TWO THE LOGIC OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE -- 4. A Model for the Traditional Theory of the Market -- 5. Toward a Science of Political Economics -- PART THREE THE HISTORICAL TREND OF ECONOMIC SCIENCE -- 6. The Origin of Traditional Theory: Adam Smith's System of Equilibrium Growth -- 7. An Alternative to the Original System: Karl Marx's Theory of Cyclical Transformation -- 8. The Erosion of the Original System: The Post-Classical Pure Economics -- 9. Emergence of a New System: J. M. Keynes's Rudiments of Political Economics -- PART FOUR ASPECTS OF A SCIENCE OF POLITICAL ECONOMICS -- 10. Instrumental Inference -- 11. Instrumental Inference in Operation -- A. Macro-Equilibrium -- B. Stabilization -- C. Balancing of Growth -- 12. The Vindication of Goals -- PART FIVE A POSTSCRIPT -- Political Economics in the Late Twentieth Century -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- About the Author