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What do economists know? : new economics of knowledge / edited by Robert F. Garnett

Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Routledge, 1999.Description: x, 259 p. : 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415207508 (pbk)
  • 0415207509 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330 GAR
Contents:
Preface- Acknowledgements- 1. Economics of knowledge: old and new- Part 1: academic versus ersatz economics- 2. The transgressive knowledge of "ersatz" economics- 3. Look at me look at you- 4. Jack, David, and Judith looking at me looking at them- 5. The crowding out of academic economics: the case of NAFTA- 6. Bridging the gap between the public's and the economists’ views of the economy- Part ii: it's not all academic- 7. Economic knowledge production, professional, authority and the state: the case of American economics during and after world war II- 8. Foundations and economic knowledge- 9. Can there be genre difference in economic literature? - Part iii reconstructing the academic conversation- 10. Postmodernism and identity conditions for discourses- 11. The role of econometrics in the neoclassical research program- Part iv teaching matters- 12. A picture is worth a thousand words- 13. Mandating knowledge: the role of the advanced placement exam in secondary economics education- 14. Strategy and tactics in the pedagogy of economics: what should be done about neoclassical economics?- 15. A working knowledge of economics?- index.
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Preface-
Acknowledgements-
1. Economics of knowledge: old and new-
Part 1: academic versus ersatz economics-
2. The transgressive knowledge of "ersatz" economics-
3. Look at me look at you-
4. Jack, David, and Judith looking at me looking at them-
5. The crowding out of academic economics: the case of NAFTA-
6. Bridging the gap between the public's and the economists’ views of the economy-
Part ii: it's not all academic-
7. Economic knowledge production, professional, authority and the state: the case of American economics during and after world war II-
8. Foundations and economic knowledge-
9. Can there be genre difference in economic literature? -
Part iii reconstructing the academic conversation-
10. Postmodernism and identity conditions for discourses-
11. The role of econometrics in the neoclassical research program-
Part iv teaching matters-
12. A picture is worth a thousand words-
13. Mandating knowledge: the role of the advanced placement exam in secondary economics education-
14. Strategy and tactics in the pedagogy of economics: what should be done about neoclassical economics?-
15. A working knowledge of economics?-
index.