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Methodology of Economic Science

Language of instruction čeština
Code 114-0315
Abbreviation MEV
Course title Methodology of Economic Science
Coordinating department Department of Economics
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Martin Macháček, Ph.D. et Ph.D.

Summary

The course is focused on the consolidation of knowledge gained in economics with a deeper understanding of logic and structure of ideological statements. It is therefore to ensure that students understand how representatives of individual schools of economic thought reached the conclusions presented in a simplified form in economics textbooks.

Literature

1. Blaug, M.: The Methodology of Economics: Or, How Economists Explain. 2nd edition. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 1992.
2. Caldwell, B. J.: Beyond Positivism: Economic Methodology in the Twentieth Century. London, Routledge 1994.

Advised literature

1. Boland, L. A.: Critical Economic Methodology. A Personal Odyssey. London, Routledge 1997.
2. Hands, W. D.: Reflection without Rules: Economic Methodology and Contemporary Science Theory. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press 2001.