Beyond positive economics? : proceedings of Section F (Economics) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, York, 1981

Front Matter....Pages i-x Introduction....Pages 1-12 Beyond Positive Economics — Dream and Reality....Pages 13-27 The Bounds of Unknowledge....Pages 28-37 Subjectivism and Method in Economics....Pages 38-49 Towards the Progress of Economic Knowledge....Pages 50-64 Subjectivism, Falsification, and Positive Economics....Pages 65-86 The Revival of Subjectivism in Economics....Pages 87-103 Knowledge, Learning and Enterprise....Pages 104-121 Economic Uncertainty and Business Decision-Making....Pages 122-159 Towards Double Negative Economics....Pages 160-175 The Consumer in his/her Social Setting — a Subjectivist View....Pages 176-191 From ‘Dismal Science’ to ‘Positive Economics’ — a Century-and-a-Half of Progress?....Pages 192-211 Back Matter....Pages 212-217