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Why Economic Theory Can't Get Any Better...Why We Need It Anyway
$61.86
- Hardcover
248 pages
- Release Date
22 April 2025
Summary
Why economic theory—with no track record of predictive success—is still an indispensable tool for protecting civilized life.
Economic theory has never gotten any better at prediction. Its explanations are always after the fact. The mathematical models economists have devoted themselves to for more than a century can’t be improved to enhance their empirical relevance. But from this research program that never paid off, a very useful tool has emerged—game theory. It’s just what civilize…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262049658 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262049651 |
| Author: | Alex Rosenberg |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Release Date: | 22 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Alex Rosenberg
Alex Rosenberg is R. Taylor Cole Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Duke University, with secondary appointments in the biology and political science departments. He has held fellowships with the National Science Foundation, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 1993 Alex received the Lakatos Award in the philosophy of science. He has authored more than a dozen academic books, several historical novels, and hundreds of academic papers.
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