THE PHILOSOPHY AND METHODOLOGY OF ECONOMICS (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series, 23)

This landmark book presents a careful selection of the most important literature in the philosophy and methodology of economics - an area that has grown explosively in the last twenty years. This important and timely three volume reference collection contains the best of the recent work together with a number of classic articles by economists and philosophers. It focuses in the main on articles and papers that have not been previously reprinted and presents in an accessible form important material that is scattered throughout the literature.