Retrospectives: On the Definition of Economics

Modern economists do not subscribe to a homogeneous definition of their subject. Surveying definitions of economics from contemporary principles of economics textbooks, we find that economics is the study of the economy, the study of the coordination process, the study of the effects of scarcity, th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of economic perspectives 2009-01, Vol.23 (1), p.221-234
Hauptverfasser:	Backhouse, Roger E., Medema, Steven G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	19th century Behavioral economics Definitions Economic analysis Economic research Economic theory Economics Economists Features Microeconomics Morality Philosophy Political economy Rational choice theory Scarcity Science Society Studies Textbooks Wealth
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