The Craft of Economics: Lessons from the Heckscher-Ohlin Framework

by Edward E. Leamer

A review of the Heckscher-Ohlin framework prompts a noted economist to consider the methodology of economics.

In this spirited and provocative book, Edward Leamer turns an examination of the Heckscher-Ohlin framework for global competition into an opportunity to consider the craft of economics: what economists do, what they should do, and what they shouldn't do. Claiming "a lifetime relationship with Heckscher-Ohlin," Leamer argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262016877
• ISBN13: 9780262016872
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher