Don Ross's Philosophy of economics. Palgrave Macmillan, 2014, 341 pp.

Review of Don Ross ’ s Philosophy of economics . Palgrave

Don Ross begins his recent book by explaining why he regards analytical philosophy of science as " a barren enterprise " (p. 1). Analytical philosophy of science (derived from the twentieth century analytical philosophy tradition) accords the philosopher special expertise in the 'logic of concepts' and thus a unique responsibility for determining universal norms of thought for the sciences. Thi...

Richards , Keith . ( 2003 ) . Qualitative Inquiry in Tesol . Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan

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Despite the wide use of personality in understanding human behavior, there is a lack of empirical research relating the commonly agreed personality measurement with travel personality or travel related activities. In fi lling the knowledge gap, this study aims at exploring the relationship between the Big Five Factors (BFF) of personality and travel personality. Using self-administered question...

The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics Online experimental labour economics

Experimental labour economics uses experimental techniques to improve our understanding of labour economics issues. We start by putting experimental data into perspective with the data-sets typically used by empirical labour economists. We then discuss several examples of how experiments can inform labour economics.

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