PH311

Comprehensive revision notes for 10 out of the 20 topics in the third year module PH311: Philosophy of Economics, including: MICHAELMAS TERM 1) Week 1: Defining economics: a brief history 2) Week 4: Instrumentalism 3) Week 5: Isolating causes and credible worlds 4) Week 7: What works in development? 5) Week 8: Measuring inflation 6) Week 10: Is economics to blame for its failure to predict the crisis? LENT TERM 1) Week 16: What’s wrong with paternalism 2) Week 17: Game theory and fairness in...