An introduction to positive economics /

By:

Lipsey, Richard G

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, c1979.Edition: 5th edDescription: xxii, 810 p. :illISBN:

0297775979
0297775987 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Economics

DDC classification:

330.1 LIP

LOC classification:

HB171 .L715 1979

Summary: There are three major themes of this text book: first, an attempt to explain what economic theory is about and how one can go about criticizing it effectively and hence improving it; second, an attempt to elaborate, in so far as is possible within the confines of an introduction to economic theory, the relation between theory and real-world observations; and third, a consideration of the relation between economic theory and economic policy.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

There are three major themes of this text book: first, an attempt to explain what economic theory is about and how one can go about criticizing it effectively and hence improving it; second, an attempt to elaborate, in so far as is possible within the confines of an introduction to economic theory, the relation between theory and real-world observations; and third, a consideration of the relation between economic theory and economic policy.

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