Books by Tony (University of Cambridge Lawson

There is an increasingly widespread belief, both within and outside the discipline, that modern economics is irrelevant to the understanding of the real world. This work traces this irrelevance to the failure of economists to match their methods with their subject.

This eagerly anticipated new book from Tony Lawson contends that economics can profit from a more explicit concern with ontology (enquiry into the nature of existence) than has been its custom.