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FRIEDMAN'S METHODOLOGY OF POSITIVE ECONOMICS: A SOFT READING

, 1993
In his "Methodology of Positive Economics," Milton Friedman aimed to provide a useful heuristic for working economists and not a sophisticated philosophical analysis.
T. Mayer
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The Genesis of 'Positive Economics' and the Rejection of Monopolistic Competition Theory: A Methodological Debate

, 1998
In 'The Methodology of Positive Economics' (1953), Milton Friedman linked the adoption of a falsificationist methodology to the rejection of monopolistic competition as a valid assumption, thus elaborating a point made earlier by George Stigler in ...
J. Keppler
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Friedman's Positive Economics and Philosophy of Science

, 1982
Periodically, Milton Friedman's well-known piece on methodology, " The Methodology of Positive Economics," is interpreted and criticized. The most recent exchange was initiated by Lawrence Boland [9] with comments by Rotwein [30] and Caldwell [13], and ...
J. Wible
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Friedman, Positive Economics, and the Chicago Boys

, 2007
In this paper I investigate two denials in Milton Friedman's Nobel Lecture (1976). The first is [i] the denial that 'Economics and its fellow social sciences' ought to be 'regarded more nearly as branches of philosophy.' The second is [ii] the denial ...
E. Schliesser
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Childspacing and Family Economic Position

American Sociological Review, 1966
It was found that the timing of births after marriage had a strong and consistent relationship to the economic position of a sample of white Detroit couples who had recently had a 1st 2nd or 4th birth in that the position was substantially better the longer the interval to 1st or to last birth.
Lolagene C. Coombs, Ronald Freedman
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The Methodology of Positive Economics: Reflections On The Milton Friedman Legacy

, 2009
List of figures List of tables List of contributors Preface Part I. The Classical Essay in 20th Century Economic Methodology: The methodology of positive economics (1953) Milton Friedman Part II. Reading and Writing a Classic: 1.
U. Mäki
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Econometric analyses of national health expenditures: can positive economics help to answer normative questions?

Health Economics, 1993
The size of national health care expenditure is an important research and policy issue. This paper reviews theoretical and empirical analyses of an implied optimal size for a health sector.
A. Mcguire   +3 more
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Beyond Positive Economics?

Journal of Economic Issues, 1985
(1985). Beyond Positive Economics? Journal of Economic Issues: Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 277-278.
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The Positive Economics of Unemployment and Labor Market Inflexibility

, 1996
This paper explores the puzzling inaction of governments in Europe concerning labor market liberalization. Although a more liberalized labor market is a prerequisite for mitigating mass unemployment, very little in terms of actual reforms has been ...
N. Berthold, Rainer Fehn
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