Figueroa Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment

Unity of Knowledge in Economics: Volume I
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-50267-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 198 Seiten

Reihe: Economics and Finance (R0)

Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment deals with the fundamental economic problems of our time: employment, inequality, the environment, and quality of life. This exciting new volume is unique in that it is the first book of its kind in which these problems are analyzed using a unified theory framework.

Figueroa achieves his goal by addressing two significant problems. First, to solve the epistemological challenges of building unity of knowledge, he presents a unified theory of capitalism. Second, he considers the epistemological problem of the role of theory in scientific knowledge. This book therefore deals with a consistent theoretical system. That having been said, these theories which contain logically correct propositions may turn out to be empirically false. In order to avoid this error, some rules of scientific knowledge are needed. Growth, Employment, Inequality, and the Environment presents a method that contains such rules. The method is derived from the Popperian epistemology, making it operational in economics. The proposed unified theory is therefore empirically valid; it is a good approximation of the real world. Theoretical economics is thus treated under explicit epistemological rules: theory is the servant, not the master.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Figueroa, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE RULES, FACTS, AND STANDARD THEORIES REFUTATION 1. Popperian Epistemology In Economics: The Alpha-Beta Method 2. The Capitalist System: Empirical Regularities 3. Standard And Classical Economics PART II: THE SHORT RUN: PRODUCTION, EMPLOYMENT, AND DISTRIBUTION 4. The Epsilon Society 5. The Omega Society 6. The Sigma Society 7. Inequality And Social Disorder

Über Autor(innen)

Adolfo Figueroa is Professor Emeritus of Economics of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He has taught and participated in collaborative research in American and British universities. He received his PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University, USA in 1972. He studied there under the influence and guidance of Professor Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, the famous bio-economist.