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The years of high econometrics : a short history of the generation that reinvented economics
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The years of high econometrics : a short history of the generation that reinvented economics / Francisco Louçã.
ISBN
0415419743 (hb)
9780415419741 (hb)
0203946839 (eb)
9780203946831 (eb)
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Physical Description
xxix, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 13, 2007
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [352]-368) and index.
Contents
'Not afraid of the impossible' : Ragnar Frisch (1895-1973)
The emergence of social physics : the econometric people are assembled
The years of high theory
What counts is what can be counted
Particles or humans? : paradoxes of mechanics
Intriguing pendula : delights and dangers of econometric conversation
Challenging Keynes : the econometric movement builds its trenches
Quod errat demonstrandum : probability concepts puzzling the econometricians
Chaos or randomness : the missing manuscript
Is capitalism doomed? : a Nobel discussion
Prometheus tired of war
Conclusion : a brave new world.
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