The puzzle of modern economics : science or ideology /
Roger E. Backhouse.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- 205 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; Part I. Economics in Action: 2. Creating new markets; 3. Creating a market economy; 4. Globalization and welfare; 5. Money and finance; Part II. Historical Perspectives: 6. Creating a 'scientific' economics; 7. The quest for rigorous macroeconomics; 8. Science and ideology; 9. Heterodoxy and dissent; Part III. Evaluation: 10. Economic science and economic myth; Supplementary note on the literature.
"This book cuts through the confusion and controversy about whether modern economics has succeeded or failed"--