The World in the Model
How Economists Work and Think
"This book describes a radical shift in the study of economic science, in which arguing with words was replaced by reasoning with mathematical models"-- Provided by publisher
Táto autorka sa venuje histórii ekonómie a skúma vývoj a metodologické implikácie používania ekonomických modelov. Jej práca sa zameriava na históriu ekonometrie a historický vývoj merania v ekonómii, pričom odhaľuje, ako sa ekonomické myslenie v priebehu času vyvíjalo. Skrze svoj výskum ponúka hlbšie pochopenie základov modernej ekonomickej teórie. Jej odborná spôsobilosť spočíva v analýze kľúčových momentov a prístupov, ktoré formovali ekonomickú vedu.


How Economists Work and Think
"This book describes a radical shift in the study of economic science, in which arguing with words was replaced by reasoning with mathematical models"-- Provided by publisher
Historical Perspectives - Annual Supplement to Volume 44
"The purpose of the present volume is to uncover enough elements of [the history of observation (the noun) and observing (the verb) in economics] to broaden our understanding of how economists observe the world and so change the way historians, philosophers,and economists think about this basic activity of science." [p.9]