The methodology of economics : or how economists explain / Mark Blaug.

Preface, xi -- Part I. What you always wanted to know about the philosophy of science but were afraid to ask, 1 -- 1. From the received view to the views of Popper, 1 -- 2. From Popper to the new heterodoxy, 29 -- Part II. The history of economic methodology -- 3. The verificationists, a largely nineteenth-century story, 55 -- 4. The falsificationists, a wholly twentieth-century story, 94 -- 5. The distinction between positive and normative economics, 129 -- Part III. A methodological appraisal of the neoclassical research program -- 6. The theory of consumer behavior, 159 -- 7. The theory of the firm, 175 -- 8. General equilibrium theory, 187 -- 9. Marginal productivity theory, 193 -- 10. Switching, reswitching, and all that, 202 -- 11. The Heckscher-Ohlin theory of international trade, 209 -- 12. Keynesians versus monetarists, 216 -- 13. Human capital theory, 224 -- 14. The new economics of the family, 240 -- Part IV. What have we now learned about economics? -- 15. Conclusions, 253 -- Glossary, 265 -- Suggestions for further reading, 268 -- Bibliography, 270 -- Name index, 287 -- Subject index, 292.