Ricardo F. Crespo is Professor of Philosophy of Economics at IAE, Universidad Austral, and Researcher at the Argentine Council of Scientific Research. He is a graduate in economics and philosophy and earned a Ph. D. in Philosophy (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina) and another in Economics (University of Amsterdam). He has extensively published articles and chapter books on his research topics. Recent publications of him include articles in Synthese, the Journal of Institutional Economics, Foundations of Science, Cambridge Journal of Economics, and the Journal of Applied Economics. His last book is The Nature and Method of Economic Sciences. Evidence, Causality, and Ends (Routledge, London, 2020). His current research interests include explanation in the social sciences, economic rationality, and ethics in economics.

• Chapter 1. Introduction : Does Economics Deal with the Economic Stuff? Or Is the Economic Stuff Explained by Economics?.- Chapter 2. Metaphysics, Ontology, and Metaphysical Theories.- Chapter 3. Metaphysical Categories.- Chapter 4. The Metaphysics and Ontology of the Economy. Chapter 5. The Identity of the Economic Agent.- Chapter 6. The Human Person as Worker.- Chapter 7. The Metaphysics of Social Collectives.- Chapter 8. On the Relation between Micro- and Macroeconomic “Entities”—A Philosophical Approach.- Chapter 9. On the Nature of Money.- Chapter 10. Economic Sciences.- Chapter 11. Conclusions.

Ricardo F. Crespo is Professor of Philosophy of Economics at IAE, Universidad Austral, and Researcher at the Argentine Council of Scientific Research. He is a graduate in economics and philosophy and earned a Ph. D. in Philosophy (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina) and another in Economics (University of Amsterdam). He has extensively published articles and chapter books on his research topics. Recent publications of him include articles in Synthese, the Journal of Institutional Economics, Foundations of Science, Cambridge Journal of Economics, and the Journal of Applied Economics. His last book is The Nature and Method of Economic Sciences. Evidence, Causality, and Ends (Routledge, London, 2020). His current research interests include explanation in the social sciences, economic rationality, and ethics in economics.

• Chapter 1. Introduction : Does Economics Deal with the Economic Stuff? Or Is the Economic Stuff Explained by Economics?.- Chapter 2. Metaphysics, Ontology, and Metaphysical Theories.- Chapter 3. Metaphysical Categories.- Chapter 4. The Metaphysics and Ontology of the Economy. Chapter 5. The Identity of the Economic Agent.- Chapter 6. The Human Person as Worker.- Chapter 7. The Metaphysics of Social Collectives.- Chapter 8. On the Relation between Micro- and Macroeconomic “Entities”—A Philosophical Approach.- Chapter 9. On the Nature of Money.- Chapter 10. Economic Sciences.- Chapter 11. Conclusions.

Ricardo F. Crespo is Professor of Philosophy of Economics at IAE, Universidad Austral, and Researcher at the Argentine Council of Scientific Research. He is a graduate in economics and philosophy and earned a Ph. D. in Philosophy (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina) and another in Economics (University of Amsterdam). He has extensively published articles and chapter books on his research topics. Recent publications of him include articles in Synthese, the Journal of Institutional Economics, Foundations of Science, Cambridge Journal of Economics, and the Journal of Applied Economics. His last book is The Nature and Method of Economic Sciences. Evidence, Causality, and Ends (Routledge, London, 2020). His current research interests include explanation in the social sciences, economic rationality, and ethics in economics.

• Chapter 1. Introduction : Does Economics Deal with the Economic Stuff? Or Is the Economic Stuff Explained by Economics?.- Chapter 2. Metaphysics, Ontology, and Metaphysical Theories.- Chapter 3. Metaphysical Categories.- Chapter 4. The Metaphysics and Ontology of the Economy. Chapter 5. The Identity of the Economic Agent.- Chapter 6. The Human Person as Worker.- Chapter 7. The Metaphysics of Social Collectives.- Chapter 8. On the Relation between Micro- and Macroeconomic “Entities”—A Philosophical Approach.- Chapter 9. On the Nature of Money.- Chapter 10. Economic Sciences.- Chapter 11. Conclusions.