Beyond the positive-normative dichotomy: some remarks on Colander's Lost Art of Economics

Journal of Economic Methodology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-390

  Su, Huei chun ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

methodology; moral judgement; normative economics; normative judgement; positive economics; value judgement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870882320     PISSN: 1350178X     EISSN: 14699427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350178X.2012.741690     Document Type: Article

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