Economics is a serious and difficult subject: Paper prepared for Conference at EIPE, Rotterdam, December 10-11, 2010

Roger E. Backhouse

doi:10.1080/1350178X.2012.714143

Economics is a serious and difficult subject: Paper prepared for Conference at EIPE, Rotterdam, December 10-11, 2010

Roger E. Backhouse

Economics

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Abstract

This paper argues that by focusing on simple problems that can be resolved by the use of simple economic logic, usually involving the assumption that agents are rational, the economics-as-fun literature inevitably distracts from more difficult problems that are harder to solve and which may need to be tackled in different ways and may create a bias towards solutions that rely on the market.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	231-241
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Economic Methodology
Volume	19
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1350178X.2012.714143
Publication status	Published - Sept 2012

Keywords

economics
Freakonomics
popularization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

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Economics is a serious and difficult subject: Paper prepared for Conference at EIPE, Rotterdam, December 10-11, 2010

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