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020			_a9781139026185 (ebook)
020			_z9781107002975 (hardback)
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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aHB135 _b.M667 2012
082	0	0	_a330.01/5195 _223
100	1		_aMorgan, Mary S., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe world in the model : _bhow economists work and think / _cMary S. Morgan.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 421 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aDuring the last two centuries, the way economic science is done has changed radically: it has become a social science based on mathematical models in place of words. This book describes and analyses that change - both historically and philosophically - using a series of case studies to illuminate the nature and the implications of these changes. It is not a technical book; it is written for the intelligent person who wants to understand how economics works from the inside out. This book will be of interest to economists and science studies scholars (historians, sociologists and philosophers of science). But it also aims at a wider readership in the public intellectual sphere, building on the current interest in all things economic and on the recent failure of the so-called economic model, which has shaped our beliefs and the world we live in.
650		0	_aEconomics _xMathematical models.
650		0	_aEconomists.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107002975
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139026185
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