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_cDLC
050 0 0 _aHB71
_b.S47
082 0 0 _a330.1
_bSHA
100 1 _aShackle, G. L. S.
245 1 0 _aEpistemics & economics :
_ba critique of economic doctrines /
260 _aCambridge, England :
_bUniversity Press,
_cc1972.
300 _a482 p. :ill,
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _aIt is Shackle's view that human conduct is chosen with a view to its consequences. But these are in the future, which cannot be directly known. Expectation will confine itself to what is deemed possible, but this leaves it free to entertain widely diverse and rival hypotheses. How can such skeins of mutually conflicting ideas serve the formation of individual or institutional policy? This is the chief question this book examines.
590 _arpm 10/07/2017
591 _aLoans
650 0 _aEpistemics.
650 0 _aEconomics.
650 0 _aEconomic Theory.
650 0 _aPolitical Economy.
650 0 _aEconomic History.
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
949 _a330.1 SHA
999 _c6200
_d6200