A Not-So-Dismal Science: A Broader View of Economies and Societies - P

A Not-So-Dismal Science: A Broader View of Economies and Societies - Paperback

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by Mancur Olson Jr. (Editor), Satu Kahkohnen (Editor), Satu Kahkonen (Editor)

Many of economics' greatest successes have been outside the traditional boundaries of the discipline. Economic ideas have been the intellectual focus in the study of law, while in the study of politics, economists and political scientists using economics-type methods are uniquely influential. In sociology and history, economics has had a smaller but growing influence through "rational choice sociology" and "cliometrics."

This book shows that, in calling economics the "dismal science," Thomas Carlyle was profoundly wrong. Economic ideas have illuminated behavior in all of the social sciences in addition to the economists' traditional domain. The broadening of economics and the use of economists' methods by social scientists in other fields is leading to a unified and positive view of economies and societies.

Author Biography

Mancur Olson was Distinguished Professor of economics at the University of Maryland and Founder and Principal Investigator of the Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS), also based at the University of Maryland.
Satu Kahkonen is Associate Director of IRIS.

Number of Pages: 288

Dimensions: 0.65 x 9.22 x 6.13 IN

Publication Date: March 16, 2000

Name : A Not-So-Dismal Science: A Broader View of Economies and Societies - Paperback
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