Facts, values, and objectivity in economics
by
 
Caldas, José Castro, 1954-

Title
Facts, values, and objectivity in economics

Author
Caldas, José Castro, 1954-

ISBN
9780415667128
 
9780203121658

Publication Information
London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Physical Description
xix, 187 p. ; 24 cm.

Series
Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 156
 
Routledge frontiers of political economy ; 156.

General Note
Includes index.

Contents
Introduction: the issues at stake / José Castro Caldas and Vítor Neves -- Economics and moral sentiments : the case of moral hazard / Sheila Dow -- The conflicting languages of economics and human rights / Manuel Couret Branco -- The meaning of objectivity : what can we learn from Robbins and Myrdal? / José Castro Caldas and Vítor Neves -- Values, objectivity, and moral realism / Nuno Ornelas Martins -- The facts and values of experimental economics / Ana C. Santos -- The contribution of the sociology of quantification to a discussion of objectivity in economics / Laura Centemeri -- Embodied expectations : the somatic subject and the changing political economy of life and health / João Arriscado Nunes -- Deep contextualism and radical criticism : the argument for a division of labour in a contemporary political theory / Mathias Thaler -- Practical reasoning in economic affairs : the human development index as a case study / Ricardo Crespo.

Subject Term
Economics.
 
Economics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
 
Political ethics.

Added Author
Caldas, José Castro, 1954-
 
Neves, Vítor.


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