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• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Acknowledgments
• 1 The why, what and how of philosophy of economics
• Overview
• Two Opposing Paradigms
• The Philosophy of Economics: Interpreting Theory, Methodology and Ethics
• The Aims of Economics and the Problem of Purpose
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• Part I Interpreting Economic Theory
• 2 Explaining Economic Phenomena
• Overview
• Explanation as an Aim of Economics
• Phenomena
• Why-Questions, Explanandum and Explanans
• Scientific Laws
• The D-N Model and Its Discontents
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• Part IA Rationality
• 3 Rational-Choice Theory
• Overview
• Folk Psychology
• Ordinal-Choice Theory
• Cardinal-Choice Theory
• Stability, Invariance and Justifiers
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• 4 Game Theory
• Overview
• Whither the Euro?
• Some Games and Some Formalism
• Game Theory’s Payoffs
• Game Theory and Rationality
• Game Theory as Explanatory Theory
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• Part IB Causality
• 5 Causation and Causal Tendencies
• Overview
• The Rise of Causal Talk in Economics
• Correlation Is Not Causation: So What Is Causation?
• Causal Tendencies
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• 6 Mechanisms
• Overview
• Hume on Money
• Four Notions of Causal Mechanism
• Mechanisms as Underlying Structures or Processes
• Mechanisms, Methodological Individualism and Micro-Foundations
• Mechanistic Explanation
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• Part IC Models
• 7 Models, Idealization, Explanation
• Overview
• Causal Explanation
• Economic Models
• Idealizations
• Explanation
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• Part II Methodology
• 8 Measurement
• Overview
• Observation
• Consumer Price Inflation
• Unemployment and GDP
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• 9 Econometrics
• Overview
• Induction, Deduction and All That
• Mostly Harmless Econometrics?
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• 10 Experiments
• Overview
• Speaking to Theorists
• Searching for Facts
• Whispering into the Ears of Princes
• Methodological Issues
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• 11 Evidence-Based Policy
• Overview
• What Is Evidence-Based Policy?
• What Is an RCT, and What Are Its Virtues?
• What, Then, Is Wrong with Evidence-Based Policy?
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• Part III Ethics
• 12 Welfare and Well-Being
• Overview
• Welfare Economics
• Well-Being
• The Evidential View of Preferences
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• 13 Markets and Morals
• Overview
• Market Failure
• Transaction Costs and the Coase Theorem
• Intellectual Property Rights
• Commodification: What Money Can’t Buy
• Suggested Readings
• 14 Inequality and Distributive Justice
• Overview
• Inequality
• Principles of Distributive Justice
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• 15 Behavioral Economics and Nudge
• Overview
• Behavioral Economics
• Libertarian Paternalism
• Philosophical Issues in Libertarian Paternalism
• Conclusions
• Study Questions
• Suggested Readings
• References
• Index