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1. The Historiography of Economics

   The Collected Papers of A.W. Bob Coats: Volume III Compiled and Edited by Roger E. Backhouse and Bruce Caldwell

   By A.W. Bob Coats

   Edited by Roger Backhouse, Bruce Caldwell

   Series: British and American Economic Essays

   This is the third and final volume of collected papers of A.W. Bob Coats. Coats began to collect material for this volume in the years following the publication of the second volume in 1993, but sadly died in 2007, before the work was completed. The volume has now been completed under the...

   To Be Published August 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. Explorations in Economic Methodology

   From Lakatos to Empirical Philosophy of Science

   Edited by Roger E. Backhouse

   Series: Routledge Frontiers of Political Economy

   Roger Backhouse is a key figure in the field of economic methodology. Explorations in Economic Methodology both clarifies and responds to the issues raised by the literature and argues that methodology is an essential activity. Offering a constructive, but critical, response to the recent...

   Published September 16th 2007 by Routledge
3. Early Histories of Economic Thought

   1824 - 1914

   Edited by Roger Backhouse

   The books reprinted in this set greatly influenced how the development of economics was perceived and how the history of economics was viewed. Many of the titles represent the first attempts to chart the history of economics both from European and American perspectives. Titles cover the USA, UK,...

   Published April 26th 2000 by Routledge
4. Interpreting Macroeconomics

   Explorations in the History of Macroeconomic Thought

   By Roger E. Backhouse

   Interpreting Macroeconomics explores a variety of different approaches to macroeconomic thought. The book considers a number of historiographical and methodological positions, as well as analyzing various important episodes in the development of macroeconomics, before during and after the Keynesian...

   Published July 17th 1996 by Routledge
5. New Directions in Economic Methodology

   Edited by Roger E. Backhouse

   Series: Economics as Social Theory

   In recent years there has been a flowering of work on economic methodology. However there is no longer any consensus about which direction this should take or, indeed, even what the role and content of economic methodology should be. This book reflects this diversity. Its contributors are...

   Published June 15th 1994 by Routledge
6. Economics and Language

   Edited by Roger E. Backhouse, Tony Dudley-Evans, Willie Henderson

   Series: Economics as Social Theory

   The importance of language in economics has been neglected and dominated by techniques from other disciplines. This looks at the wider methological implications of language within economics in a practical and theoretical way...

   Published January 6th 1993 by Routledge