Background
Lawson, Tony was born in Minehead, Somerset, England. Son of Jim and Audrey Marion (Gough) Lawson.
(Examines the wide spread belief that modern economics is ...)
Examines the wide spread belief that modern economics is irrelevant to the understanding of the real world and offers a provocative account of how economics can be put back on track.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Economics-Reality-Social-Theory/dp/0415154219/ref=pd_aw_sbs_14_2/259-4667988-6686505?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0415154219&pd_rd_r=ccb92c9d-76e0-4268-82b9-fe85517cd308&pd_rd_w=cPOmH&pd_rd_wg=yPE8R&pf_rd_p=0208d703-a674-4413-8899-c3889837d212&pf_rd_r=2JH60R3HS1M47GP9VJNY&psc=1&refRID=2JH60R3HS1M47GP9VJNY
1997
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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. By admitting that economics is not exactly a picture of health at the moment, Lawson hopes that we can move away from the bafflingly intransigent belief that economics is at its core reliant upon mathematical modelling. This maths-envy is the reason why economics is in a state of such disarray. Far from being a polemic against the mainstream, this excellent new book is concerned that if economics is to be saved from itself then there must be a realistic dialogue between the classical heterodox fields. Of interest to philosophers, sociologists and social scientists as well as economists, this comprehensive, logical book is a vital contribution to an important debate.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415253365/?tag=2022091-20
2003
( What do modern academic economists do? What currently i...)
What do modern academic economists do? What currently is mainstream economics? What is neoclassical economics? And how about heterodox economics? How do the central concerns of modern economists, whatever their associations or allegiances, relate to those traditionally taken up in the discipline? And how did economics arrive at its current state? These and various cognate questions and concerns are systematically pursued in this new book by Tony Lawson. The result is a collection of previously published and new papers distinguished in providing the only comprehensive and coherent account of these issues currently available. The financial crisis has not only revealed weaknesses of the capitalist economy but also highlighted just how limited and impoverished is modern academic economics. Despite the failings of the latter being more widely acknowledged now than ever, there is still an enormous amount of confusion about their source and true nature. In this collection, Tony Lawson also identifies the causes of the discipline’s failings and outlines a transformative solution to its deficiencies. Amongst other things, Lawson advocates for the adoption of a more historical and philosophical orientation to the study of economics, one that deemphasizes the current focus on mathematical modelling while maintaining a high level of analytical rigour. In so doing Lawson argues for a return to long term systematic and sustained projects, in the manner pursued by the likes of Marx, Veblen, Hayek and Keynes, concerned first and foremost with advancing our understanding of social reality. Overall, this forceful and persuasive collection represents a major intervention in the on-going debates about the nature, state and future direction of economics.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1138851027/?tag=2022091-20
2015
(The social sciences often fail to examine in any systemat...)
The social sciences often fail to examine in any systematic way the nature of their subject matter. Demonstrating that this is a central explanation of the widely acknowledged failings of the social sciences, not least of modern economics, this book sets about rectifying matters. Providing an account of the nature of social material in general, as well as of the specific natures of central components of the modern world, such as money and the corporation, Lawson also considers the implications of this theory regarding possibilities for social change. Readers will gain an understanding of how social phenomena, from tables and chairs, to money and firms, and nurses and Presidents are constituted. Fundamental to Lawson’s conception is a theory of community-based social positioning, whereby people and things within a community become constituted as components of emergent totalities, with actions governed by the rights and obligations of relevant members of the community. This theory isolates a set of basic principles that will offer the reader an understanding of the natures of all social phenomena. The Nature of Social Reality is for all those, academics and non-academics alike, who wish to gain a grasp on the nature of social phenomena that goes beyond the superficial.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nature-Social-Reality-Ontology-Economics/dp/0367188937
2019
Lawson, Tony was born in Minehead, Somerset, England. Son of Jim and Audrey Marion (Gough) Lawson.
Bachelor of Science, Queen Mary College, 1973;
Master of Science, London School Economics, 1975;
Doctor of Philosophy, Cambridge U., 1987.
Research Officer, Department Applied Economics, University of Cambridge (England) Growth Project, 1977-1981;
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty Economics, Cambridge (England), 1981-1985;
Lecturer, then Professor, University of Cambridge (England) , since 1985.
( What do modern academic economists do? What currently i...)
2015( This eagerly anticipated new book from Tony Lawson cont...)
2003(Examines the wide spread belief that modern economics is ...)
1997(The social sciences often fail to examine in any systemat...)
20191 child, Heather. with Joelle Francoise Dominique Patient.
