Overview
- Presents an argument that leads to a reappraisal of the foundations of economics
- Reappraises the methodological aspects of political economy and the social sciences
- Promotes a new theory of 'Planology' as a new unified approach to planning and as an autonomous discipline
- Develops the outline of a "Post-Economics" operational and managerial planning perspective
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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About this book
This trilogy deals with an epistemology of economics, arguing for a radical overturning of conventional analysis and providing an alternative to political economy and social sciences, based not on positivism, but on a normative and programming paradigm.
Volume II builds on the work presented in Volume I to explore oppositions to the traditional and conventional teaching of economics, and presents testimonies that are favourable to a trend towards a programming approach, thereby giving substance to the epistemological 'overturning' of conventional analysis. Such oppositions studied include the work of Ludvig von Mises and his theory of praxeology; Ian Tinbergen and Wassily Leontif's preference for 'planning' over 'forecasting science'; Bruno de Finetti and Daniel Bell's support for the base of 'utopia' in economics; the trend from the 'theory of planning' towards the 'methodology of planning, by Andreas Faludi; neoclassic curiosity about the 'multi-purposes approach' and 'non-economic commodities' as investigated by Walter Isard, as well as theories expressed by Herbert Simon, Robert Lucas, George Soros and Mark Blaug.
Volume III takes studies further and presents a concrete and practical example of how to build a Planning Accounting Framework (PAF), as associated with Frisch's 'plan-frame' (explored in Volume II), to demonstrate the extent to which decisions and negotiations can be routed in the social sciences.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Professor Franco Archibugi is the Founder and Chairman of the Planning Studies Centre in Rome, Italy. Prior to this he taught economics at the University of Florence, Italy and planning at the Universities of Calabria, Palermo, and Naples, Italy. He studied history and philosophy at the Universities of Rome and Heidelberg, and economics at the London School of Economics. He is the author of many books and papers on socio-economic, environmental and urban planning published in Italian, English and other languages.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Programming Approach and the Demise of Economics
Book Subtitle: Volume II: Selected Testimonies on the Epistemological 'Overturning' of Economic Theory and Policy
Authors: Franco Archibugi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78060-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78059-7Published: 02 December 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78060-3Published: 21 November 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 458
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Philosophy of the Social Sciences