Wellcome

The years of high econometrics :

Louc?a?, Francisco.

The years of high econometrics : a short history of the generation that reinvented economics / Francisco Louc?a?. - Abingdon [England] ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2007. - 400 p. ; cm. - Routledge studies in the history of economics .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Not afraid of the impossible" : Ragnar Frisch, 1895-1973 -- The emergence of social physics : the econometric people are assembled -- The years of high theory -- What counts is what can be counted -- Particles or humans : paradoxes of mechanics -- Challenging Keynes : the econometric movement builds its trenches -- Intriguing pendula : delights and dangers of econometric conversation -- Quod errat demonstrandum : the concept of probability puzzling the econometricians -- Chaos or randomness -- Is capitalism doomed? : a Nobel discussion -- Prometheus tired of war -- Conclusion : a brave new world.



9780415419741

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Economics--History--20th century.
Econometrics--History--20th century.

HB87 / .L68 2007

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