TY - BOOK AU - Lipsey,Richard G. TI - An introduction to positive economics SN - 0297775979 AV - HB171 .L715 1979 U1 - 330.1 PY - 1979/// CY - London PB - Weidenfeld and Nicolson KW - Economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -