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The end of value-free economics [electronic resource] / edited by Hilary Putnam and Vivian Walsh ; with comments by Harvey Gram, Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen. - Abigndon, Oxon : Routledge, 2012. - ix, 229 p. : ill. - Routledge INEM advances in economic methodology ; 13 . - Routledge INEM advances in economic methodology ; 13. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Hilary Putnam and Vivian Walsh -- 2. Smith after Sen / Vivian Walsh -- 3. Sen after Putnam / Vivian Walsh -- 4. For ethics and economics without the dichotomies / Hilary Putnam -- 5. Tragedy and human capabilities : a response to Vivian Walsh / Martha Nussbaum -- 6. Openness versus closedness in classical and neoclassical economics / Harvey Gram -- 7. Walsh on Sen after Putnam / Amartya Sen -- 8. Facts, theories, values and destitution in the works of Sir Partha Dasgupta / Hilary Putnam and Vivian Walsh -- 9. Freedom, values and Sen : towards a morally enriched classical economic theory / Vivian Walsh -- 10. Entanglement through economic science : the end of a separate welfare economics / Hilary Putnam and Vivian Walsh -- 11. The fall of two dichotomies, and the need for a macro-theory of capabilities / Hilary Putnam and Vivian Walsh.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780203154007 (e-book : PDF)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economics--Philosophy.
Positivism.
Values.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.