Edited by Steven G. Medema, Research Professor of Economics, Duke University and the late Warren J. Samuels, former Professor Emeritus of Economics, Michigan State University, US

'Do read this volume if you want to be stimulated and entertained.'

• Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Economics is a Historical Process 2. Realism in Economic Model Building 3. Economics as a Public Science 4. Surviving as a Slightly Out of Sync Economist 5. Extracting Economic Information From Data: Methodology in an Empirical Discipline 6. The Social Science of Wealth 7. What is To Be Done (about Economics)? 8. Doing Applied Economics: Normative and Positive Aspects 9. How I do Economics 10. Towards a Worthwhile Economics 11. How Should Economists Do Economics? A Pragmatic Perspective 12. How to be a Crazy Economist 13. Doing the Economics of Trust and Informal Institutions 14. The Predictive Science of Economics? 15. Questions, Theory and Data 16. The Dark Side of Economic Modeling 17. ‘You’re Not Making Sense, You’re Just Being Logical’ 18. Puzzle Solving: Reciprocity, Reasoning and Behavior 19. Doing Economics Without Homo Economicus 20. What Use is Economic Theory? 21. A Dictum for Monetary Theory How Should Economists Do Economics? An Integrative Essay Index

Edited by Steven G. Medema, Research Professor of Economics, Duke University and the late Warren J. Samuels, former Professor Emeritus of Economics, Michigan State University, US

'Do read this volume if you want to be stimulated and entertained.'

• Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Economics is a Historical Process 2. Realism in Economic Model Building 3. Economics as a Public Science 4. Surviving as a Slightly Out of Sync Economist 5. Extracting Economic Information From Data: Methodology in an Empirical Discipline 6. The Social Science of Wealth 7. What is To Be Done (about Economics)? 8. Doing Applied Economics: Normative and Positive Aspects 9. How I do Economics 10. Towards a Worthwhile Economics 11. How Should Economists Do Economics? A Pragmatic Perspective 12. How to be a Crazy Economist 13. Doing the Economics of Trust and Informal Institutions 14. The Predictive Science of Economics? 15. Questions, Theory and Data 16. The Dark Side of Economic Modeling 17. ‘You’re Not Making Sense, You’re Just Being Logical’ 18. Puzzle Solving: Reciprocity, Reasoning and Behavior 19. Doing Economics Without Homo Economicus 20. What Use is Economic Theory? 21. A Dictum for Monetary Theory How Should Economists Do Economics? An Integrative Essay Index

Edited by Steven G. Medema, Research Professor of Economics, Duke University and the late Warren J. Samuels, former Professor Emeritus of Economics, Michigan State University, US

'Do read this volume if you want to be stimulated and entertained.'

• Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Economics is a Historical Process 2. Realism in Economic Model Building 3. Economics as a Public Science 4. Surviving as a Slightly Out of Sync Economist 5. Extracting Economic Information From Data: Methodology in an Empirical Discipline 6. The Social Science of Wealth 7. What is To Be Done (about Economics)? 8. Doing Applied Economics: Normative and Positive Aspects 9. How I do Economics 10. Towards a Worthwhile Economics 11. How Should Economists Do Economics? A Pragmatic Perspective 12. How to be a Crazy Economist 13. Doing the Economics of Trust and Informal Institutions 14. The Predictive Science of Economics? 15. Questions, Theory and Data 16. The Dark Side of Economic Modeling 17. ‘You’re Not Making Sense, You’re Just Being Logical’ 18. Puzzle Solving: Reciprocity, Reasoning and Behavior 19. Doing Economics Without Homo Economicus 20. What Use is Economic Theory? 21. A Dictum for Monetary Theory How Should Economists Do Economics? An Integrative Essay Index