Falsification, Deductivism, Physics and Time Reversibility and Irreversibility in Economic Systems : A Review

Considers two main strands of literature. The first deals with the tension between the falsificationist view of how economic know‐ledge could or should be acquired, and the view that economics is a separate, deductive science. The second concerns the metaphors used in economic analysis, the main contrast being between metaphors which involve homeostasis and time reversibility, and those that involve hysteresis and time irreversibility.

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Year of publication:	1994
Authors:	Cross, Rod
Published in:	Journal of Economic Studies. - MCB UP Ltd, ISSN 1758-7387, ZDB-ID 1480042-1. - Vol. 21.1994, 1, p. 52-67
Publisher:	MCB UP Ltd
Subject:	Economics \| Economic theory \| Keynesian school

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Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	review
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.1108/01443589410057577 [DOI]
Source:	Other ZBW resources

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