Economics, Social Science and Pluralism: A Real-World Approach

This book maintains that economics is a social science whose mission is to explain and, when possible, predict, phenomena of the real-world economy. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to see economics return to its origins as a social science.

Victor A. Beker is Professor of Economics at the University of Belgrano and the University of Buenos Aires, both in Argentina. He has been Director of the Economics Department at the University of Belgrano and of the Economics Programme at the University of Buenos Aires, and has been awarded several prizes for his works in economics. A former Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organization, he is also author of several economics books and papers.