model. Part memoir, part crash-course in economic theory, this deeply engaging book by one of the world's foremost … career. In doing so, he challenges many of the central tenets of game theory, and sheds light on the role economics can play … theory, rich in personalities, history and sense of place. Ariel Rubinstein is not only a brilliant theorist with a knack for …

. This paper takes a complementary, comparative approach, examining theory development in the natural sciences. Examples show … process occurring over a long timescale. Models are typically nested within this broader theory. This could be a good model … sector raises the question, how to realise what has been omitted? Nesting models in an empirically based causal theory could …