Qualitative economics the science of economics /
This book provides a new paradigm of economics that is called Qualitative Economics. The authors take an approach to economics that is entirely different from the established neo-classical economics paradigm. Arguing that the basis of neo-classical economic theory with its focus on perfect informati...
| Main Author: | Clark, Woodrow W. |
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| Other Authors: | Fast, Michael., SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer,
2019.
Cham : 2019. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (393 pages) |
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| Summary: |
This book provides a new paradigm of economics that is called Qualitative Economics. The authors take an approach to economics that is entirely different from the established neo-classical economics paradigm. Arguing that the basis of neo-classical economic theory with its focus on perfect information in a balanced equilibrium system of supply and demand is fundamentally flawed, the authors propose an inclusive philosophical and scientific perspective to explain economic structures and activities and how best to understand the dynamics of economics. Furthermore, the authors argue that a qualitative approach allows for greater understanding of not only the actors, actions and situations in economics, but also defines the context in which the more traditional quantitative and statistical methods are applied. The book includes case studies to further illustrate the applications of qualitative economics. Challenging orthodox paradigms and schools of economic thought, the book proposes a new way of looking at economics, and as such will be of use to researchers and students of economics, business, social sciences and the sciences as well as think tanks and advocacy groups interested in heterodox economics. |
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| Item Description: |
Intro; Preface; Acknowledgments; References; Contents; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Overview of Qualitative Economics (QE); Introduction; The Aim of the Book; The Paradigm Shift: Economics Needs to Be a Science; The Book Contents; Subjectivism Paradigm: Lifeworld Perspective as Symbolic Interactionism; Part I: Philosophy of Science; Part II: Qualitative Economics -- Towards a Science of Economics; Part I: Philosophy of Science and the Lifeworld Traditions; Chapter 2: The Case for Rethinking the Foundation of Business Economics; The Business Economic Debate; The Paradigm Debate. Qualitative and Interactionism Research Economics to Be a ScienceContext of Business Economics and Culture; Sociological Phenomenology and Organizations; Symbolic Interactionism; Chapter 3: Understanding the Organization of Science; Science and Philosophy of Science; The Development of Science; (Natural) Science; Social Science and Objectivism: Positivism and Rationalism; Positivism (A Comte 1798-1857, E Durkheim 1858-1917); Rationalism (R Descartes 1596-1650; B de Spinoza 1632-1677; G W Leibniz 1646-1716); Empiricism (T Hobbes 1588-1679; J Locke 1632-1704; G Berkeley 1658-1753. D Hume 1711-1776 J S Mill 1806-1873: The English Empiricists); Positivism; Realism; Another Science; The Science of Subjectivism and Lifeworld; The Paradigm; The Placing of the Concept of Paradigm; Paradigms in Social Science; The Dimension of Philosophy of Science: The Debate of Objectivity vs. Subjectivity; Differences Between an Objective and a Subjective Perspective; The Dimension of Philosophy of Society: Regulation vs. Radical Change; Understanding Ontological Themes and Theories in Social Science: Four Paradigms; Traditions of Objectivism: Rationalism and Positivism. Traditions of Lifeworld: SubjectivismDiscussion of Paradigms; Discussion of Paradigm Analyses; Everyday Business Dynamics Can Be Scientific; Chapter 4: History of Lifeworld Traditions; The Search for Another Philosophy and Theory of Cognition; Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) and the Foundation of Subjectivism; Science and the Lifeworld; Dilthey: The Life (Leben) and Science of Spirit (Geist); Weber and Sociology as Social Action; Husserl and die Lebenswelt; Schutz and Social Phenomenology; Understanding Interrelation of Ontology and Epistemology; Consciousness and Intentionality. Transcendental Phenomenology and Phenomenology as MethodologySchutz and the Phenomenological Analysis in Social Science; Science and Understanding: The Lifeworld as Understanding; Understanding; Dilthey and Verstehen; The Hermeneutic Circle; Weber: Verstehen, Action, and Social Relations; Gadamer and Understanding; Gadamer and the Hermeneutic Circle; Understanding; Schutz and Understanding; The Lifeworld: The "I" Being in and to the World; Merleau-Ponty and the Lifeworld; Heidegger and Dasein; Schutz: The Lifeworld and Intersubjectivity; Typification; Lifeworld as Multiple Realities. Social Action. This book provides a new paradigm of economics that is called Qualitative Economics. The authors take an approach to economics that is entirely different from the established neo-classical economics paradigm. Arguing that the basis of neo-classical economic theory with its focus on perfect information in a balanced equilibrium system of supply and demand is fundamentally flawed, the authors propose an inclusive philosophical and scientific perspective to explain economic structures and activities and how best to understand the dynamics of economics. Furthermore, the authors argue that a qualitative approach allows for greater understanding of not only the actors, actions and situations in economics, but also defines the context in which the more traditional quantitative and statistical methods are applied. The book includes case studies to further illustrate the applications of qualitative economics. Challenging orthodox paradigms and schools of economic thought, the book proposes a new way of looking at economics, and as such will be of use to researchers and students of economics, business, social sciences and the sciences as well as think tanks and advocacy groups interested in heterodox economics. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (393 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9783030059378 3030059375 |