Adolph LoweOn Economic Knowledge Toward a Science of Political Economics
Preface to First Edition PART ONE CAN ECONOM ICS BE A SCIENCE? 1.
Man-Matter-Society 2. The Economics of a Market Society 3. Economic
Behavior and the Evolution of Capitalism PART TWO THE LOGIC OF ECONOM IC
SCIENCE 4. A Model for the Traditional Theory of the Market 5. Toward a
Science of Political Economics PART THREE THE HISTORICAL TREND OF ECONOM IC
SCIENCE 6. The Origin of Traditional Theory: Adam Smith's System of
Equilibrium Growth 7. An Alternative to the Original System: Karl Marx's
Theory of Cyclical Transformation 8. The Erosion of the Original System:
The Post-Classical Pure Economics 9. Emergence of a New System: J. M.
Keynes's Rudiments of Political Economics PART FOUR ASPECTS OF A SCIENCE OF
POLITICAL ECONOMICS 10. Instrumental Inference 11. Instrumental Inference
in Operation a. Macro-Equilibrium B. Stabilization c. Balancing of Growth
12. The Vindication of Goals PART FIVE A POSTSCRIPT Political Economics in
the Late Twentieth Century
