The Years of High Econometrics : A Short History of the Generation That Reinvented Economics (Paperback)

Introduction  Part 1: Foundation  1. 'Not Afraid of the Impossible': Ragnar Frisch, 1895-1973  2. The Emergence of Social Physics: The Econometric People are Assembled  3. The Years of High Theory  Part 2: Construction  4. What Counts is What Can be Counted  5. Particles or Humans: Paradoxes of Mechanics  Part 3: Debates  6. Challenging Keynes: The Econometric Movement Builds its Trenches  7. Intriguing Pendula: Delights and Dangers of Econometric Conversation  8. Quod Errat Demonstrandum: The Concept of Probability Puzzling the Econometricians  Part 4: Theory and Practice at the Edge  9. Chaos or Randomness  10. Is Capitalism Doomed?: A Nobel Discussion  11. Prometheus Tired of War  12. Conclusion: A Brave New World