In a capitalist system, consumers, investors, and corporations orient their activities toward a
future that contains opportunities and risks. How actors assess uncertainty is a problem that …

The paper explains the commonalities and differences between neoclassical, institutional
and evolutionary approaches that have been influential in economic geography during the …

The concept of the individual and his/her motivations is a bedrock of philosophy. All strands
of thought at heart come down to a particular theory of the individual. Economics, though, is …

Reflection without Rules offers a comprehensive, pointed exploration of the methodological
tradition in economics and the breakdown of the received view within the philosophy of …

It is sometimes said that the laws of economics are'hypothetical.'Of course, like every other
science, it undertakes to study the effects which will be produced by certain causes, not …

A hilariously funny cookbook–cum–how–I–did–it memoir by the chef/restaurateur who
created New York's dazzling Ápizz restaurant. At the age of thirty–seven, John LaFemina left …

The paper seeks to offer [1] an explication of a concept of economics imperialism, focusing
on its epistemic aspects; and [2] criteria for its normative assessment. In regard to [1], the …

“Philosophy of Economics” consists of inquiries concerning (a) rational choice,(b) the
appraisal of economic outcomes, institutions and processes, and (c) the ontology of …

The new institutional economics offers one of the most exciting research agendas in
economics today. Yet can it really explain processes of economic change? Economic …

The special challenge the philosophy of economics must meet is to provide a scientific
realist account that is realistic of a discipline that deals with a complex subject matter and …