End of Value-Free Economics

Taylor & Francis

The End of Value-Free EconomicsAuthor(s): Hilary Putnam, Vivian Walsh\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138799554, 978-1138799554\nSynopsis\nThis book brings together key players in the current debate on positive and normative science and philosophy and value judgements in economics. Both editors have engaged in these debates throughout their careers from its early foundations; Putnam as a doctorial student of Hans Reichenbach at UCLA and Walsh a junior member of Lord Robbinss department at the London School of Economics, both in the early 1950s.\n\nThis book collects recent contributions from Martha Nussbaum and Harvey Gram, as well as a new chapter from the editors.