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OFECONOMICS\n\n# CAMBRIDGE SURVEYS OF ECONOMIC LITERATURE\n\nEditors:  \nMiss Phyllis Deane,University of Cambridge,and  \nProfessor Mark Perlman,University of Pittsburgh  \nEditorial Advisory Board:  \nProfessor A.B.Atkinson,University College,London  \nProfessor M.Bronfenbrenner,Duke University  \nProfessor K.D.George,University College,Cardiff  \nProfessor C.P.Kindleberger,Massachusetts Institute of Technology  \nProfessor T.Mayer,University of California,Davis  \nProfessor A.R.Prest,London Schoo of Economics and Political Science  \nThe literature of economics is expanding rapidly and many subjects havechanged out of recognition within the space of a few years.Perceiving thestate of knowledge in fast-developing subjects is difficult for students andtime-consuming for professional economists.This series of books is intendedto help with this problem.Each book will be quite brief,giving a clearstructure to and balanced overview of the topic and written at a levelintelligible to the senior undergraduate.They will therefore be useful forteaching,but will also provide a mature yet compact presentation of thesubject for the economist wishing to update his knowledge outside his ownspecialism.  \nFirst books in the series  \nE.Roy Weintraub:Microfoundations:The compatibility ofmicroeconomics and macroeconomicsDennis C.Mueller:Public choice  \nRobert Clark and Joseph Spengler:The economics ofindividual and population aging  \nEdwin Burmeister:Capital theory and dynamicsMark Blaug:The methodology of economics or howeconomists explain  \n77  \nB613m  \n# The methodology of economics\n\nOR HOW ECONOMISTS EXPLAIN  \nMARK BLAUG  \nProfessor of the Economics of EducationUniversity of London Institute of Education  \nCAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS  \nCAMBRIDGE  \nLONDON NEWYORK NEW ROCHELLEMELBOURNE SYDNEY  \n220Q18  \nPublished by the Press Syndicate of the University of CambridgeThe PittBuilding,Trumpington Street,Cambridge CB21RP32 East 57th Street,New York,NY 10022,USA296 Beaconsfield Parade,Middle Park,Melbourne 3206,Australia  \n◎Mark Blaug 1980  \nFirst published 1980  \nPrinted in the United States of America  \nTypeset by Graphic Composition,Inc.,Athens,GeorgiaPrinted and bound by Vail-Ballou Press,Inc.,Binghamton,New York  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nBlaug,Mark.  \nThe methodology of economics.  \n(Cambridge surveys of economic literature)Bibliography:p.Includes indexes.  \n1.Economics-Methodology.I.Title.HB131.B56330'.01'880-13802ISBN0521222885 hard coversISBN0521294371 paperback  \n/  \nto my son,Tristan  \nIn the choice of subject to-day [scope and method of economics],I fear that I have exposed myself to two serious charges:that oftedium and that of presumption.Speculations upon methodologyare famous for platitude and prolixity.They offer the greatest op-portunity for internecine strife;the claims of the contending fac-tions are subject to no agreed check,and a victory,even if it couldbe established,is thought to yield no manifest benefit to the scienceitself.The barrenness of methodological conclusions is often afitting complement to the weariness entailed by the process ofreaching them.  \nExposed as a bore,the methodologist cannot take refuge behinda cloak of modestyOn the contrary,he stands forward ready byhis own claim to give advice to all and sundry,to criticise theworks of others,which,whether valuable or not,at least attemptsto be constructive;he sets himself up as the final interpreter of thepast and dictator of future efforts.  \n-Roy F.Harrod,Economic Journal,48,1938","cbCaisMKTAnXHB7U","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisMKTAnXHB7U","pdf",15461441,324,"English","# The Methodology of Economics\n## Cambridge Surveys of Economic Literature\n## Editors and Advisory Board\n## Series Intent and Use","[{\"question\":\"Why does the Cambridge surveys series focus on methodology texts?\",\"answer\":\"To help students and professional economists perceive the state of knowledge in rapidly developing 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