Crossing The Mainstream: Ethical And Methodological Issues In Economics

Crossing The Mainstream Is A Collection Of Papers Authored By Present And Former Colleagues, Students, And Collaborators Of Professor Charles K. Wilber On The Occasion Of His Retirement From The Department Of Economics At The University Of Notre Dame. By Offering Alternative Methods Of Analysis And Tackling Ethical Issues And Unanswered Methodological Questions In Their Field, Contributors To This Volume Cross The Mainstream Of Neoclassical Economics To Challenge The Status Quo Of The Discipline. The Result Is A Perspective That Yields A Richer And More Productive Understanding Of Economics Than Is Rendered By Traditional Approaches.--jacket. Introduction. Crossing The Mainstream / Amitava K. Dutt And Kennneth P. Jameson -- Ethics And Economics. Ethical Issues In Development. Ethical Analysis In Development Economics / Denis Goulet -- The Costs Of Development Revisited In The Era Of Globalization / Kenneth P. Jameson -- Growth, Distribution And Inequality Traps : Old And New Themes / Jaime Ros -- Ethical Issues In Affluent Societies. Consumption, Happiness And Religion / Amitava K. Dutt -- Estimating The Relative Poverty Status Of Children And The Elderly Using A Comprehensive Measure Of Poverty / David M. Betson -- The Contested Values And Political Economy Of Social Security Reform / Teresa Ghilarducci -- Economic Methodology. History Of Economic Thought. Economism From Affront To Façade Or The Contours Of American Economic Orthodoxy, 1929-1989 / Philip Mirowski -- Alfred Marshall And Neoclassical Economics : Some Insights From His Correspondence / Warren J. Samuels -- Methodology Of Contemporary Economics. Rethinking The Social Character Of Social Science / Jon D. Wisman -- Cartels And The Construction Of The Economist's Culture / Howard M. Wachtel -- Institutionalist Approach And Methodology. Endogenous Preferences : The Institutionalist Connection / Robin Hahnel -- Institutional Analysis Of Financial Crises / Martin H. Wolfson. Amitava K. Dutt And Kenneth P. Jameson, Editors. Includes Bibliographical References.