Economic Laws and Economic History

by Charles P. Kindleberger

Book Overview

In this volume, Charles Kindleberger makes a powerful case against the idea that any one model could be used to unlock the basic secret of economic history. It is essentially an exercise in methodology, addressed to economists and economic historians alike. He argues that too many economists discover a relationship or a uniformity in economic behaviour, develop a model, and use it to explain more than it is capable of, including, on occasion, all...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521267919
• ISBN13: 9780521267915
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"