Philosophy of the Economy

This book develops a philosophical analysis of economic reality and economic science from an Aristotelian point of view. It is the result of many years of thinking and philosophical study about these topics. It differs from other philosophy of economics books as it also deals with economic reality (not only the science) and approaches its subject from an Aristotelian perspective. It differs from other Aristotelian studies about economics as it covers the whole of philosophy of the economy. This book argues why Aristotle's thinking guarantees an appropriate interdisciplinary synthesis.

Sets forth what Aristotle would think about today economy and economics Analyzes the economic reality from an Aristotelian approach Provides a fresh, yet classical view about the nature of the economy Detects the deepest characteristics and problems of economics Appraises the scope and limits of models and measurement in economics Provides an updated panorama of the state of economic science

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Table of Contents.- Analytical Table of Contents.- Acknowledgments.- I. Introduction: Why a Philosophy of the Economy and Why an Aristotelian Approach?.- Part 1: The Economic and its Science: A Philosophical Approach.- II. The Economic.- III. Economic Science.- IV. Characteristics and Methods of Economic Science.- V. Economics and Ethics.- VI. Models and Measurements.- VII. Ideas on Economic Science and its Method over the Past Sixty Years.- Phase I: Traditional Orthodoxy.- Phase II: Mainstream Pluralism.- Part 2: Economic Activity.- VIII. Economic Activities.- IX. Human Labor.- X. Capital and the Entrepreneurial Factor.- XI. Global Crises and Globalization.- XII. Concluding Remarks.