… of the old-fashioned view that the basic axioms of economics are “inexact” and that economics
proceeds by deducing the … The method of economics is deductive, and confidence in …

… facilitated the movement of economists into the other social sciences, where they will
presumably repeat the successes (and the failures) which they have had within economics itself. …

… While it might be argued that this is much too rigorous a test to insist that any theory meet,
especially in the social sciences, the present sorry state of economics is evidence of what is …

… There, I saw the way the Third World and the United States are linked. It helped me see that
although we think we are highly independent, we are quite dependent on poorer countries. …

… the importance of replications in the scientific process. Replications are key to the advancement
of science in … on previous results and to advance our understanding of the world. While …

… and the principal–agent relationship, we suggest how economics can help to solve the
challenges … There is some consensus in the economics of climate change that we should treat the …

… others, the center of gravity in the analysis of sustainable development remains in the natural
sciences, and the center of gravity in economics remains far removed from the challenge of …

… The monographs will report the results of research efforts; the textbooks will summarize the
findings of some meaningful area of study in the behavioral sciences; and the collections of …

… from the eBook and/or eChapter(s). Editorial review has deemed that any suppressed content
does not materially affect the overall learning experience. Cengage Learning reserves the …

… Yet only 6% of the 2265 journal papers that we analyse here focus on materials, and they …
, scientific literatures [13 • ]. To fill this gap, bridge these literatures and contribute to the carbon …