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This article is about analytic techniques. For imperialism in international relations, see Neocolonialism.

Economic imperialism (sometimes economics imperialism1) in contemporary economics refers to economic analysis of seemingly non-economic aspects of life,234 such as crime,56 law,789 irrational behavior, the family,101112 prejudice,13 politics,14 sociology,1516culture, 171819 religion,2021 tastes,22 war,23 and science and research.24 Its emergence has been attributed to a methodology that, like that of the physical sciences, permits refutable implications testable by standard statistical techniques. Common elements include the postulates of stable preferences and rational equilibrating behavior. These elements, earlier ignored by other social sciences, are used to stake out new intellectual terrain. A focus on economic efficiency has permitted examination of distinctively practical questions.2526

Notes

  1. ^ Ben Fine (2000) "Economics Imperialism and Intellectual Progress: The Present as History of Economic Thought?" History of Economics Review 32, pp. 10-36.
  2. ^ Gary S. Becker (1976). The Economic Approach to Human Behavior. Description. Scroll down to chapter-preview links.
  3. ^ "Economic Imperialism," (1993). [Interview of Gary Becker.] Religion & Liberty, 3((22).
  4. ^ Uskali Mäki
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  5. ^ Yves Zenou (2008). "crime and the city," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
  6. ^ Steven D. Levitt and Thomas J. Miles (2008). "deterrence (empirical), economic analyses of," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract.
  7. ^ David D. Friedman (2000). Law's Order: What Economics Has to Do with Law and Why It Matters . Princeton. Description. Scroll to chapter-preview links.
  8. ^ A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell (2008). "law, economic analysis of," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract and pre-publication copy (press +).
  9. ^ Richard A. Posner (2007). Economic Analysis of Law (Aspen, 7th edition). ISBN 978-0-735-56354-4. Table of Contents, 6th ed., HTML.
  10. ^ Gary S. Becker (1981, 1991, Enlarged ed.). A Treatise on the Family. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-90698-5. Publisher's description & links to chapter previews.
  11. ^ Gary S. Becker (1987). "family," The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics, v. 2, pp. 281-86. Reprinted in (1989), Social Economics: The New Palgrave, pp. 65-76.
  12. ^ John Ermisch (2008). "family economics," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract+ links to "Related Articles" Abstracts.
  13. ^ Gary S. Becker (1957, 1971, 2nd ed.). The Economics of Discrimination. Chicago, University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-04115-8.  Description. Scroll down to chapter-preview links.
  14. ^ Gordon Tullock (1972). "Economic Imperialism," in Theory of Public Choice, pp. 317-29. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
  15. ^ Richard Swedberg (1990). Economics and Sociology: Redefining Their Boundaries: Conversations with Economists and Sociologists. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691003769, ISBN 9780691003764 Description and chapter-preview links, pp. v- vi.
  16. ^ Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy (2001). Social Economics: Market Behavior in a Social EnvironmentHarvard University Press. Description and TOC.
  17. ^ Raquel Fernández (2008). "culture and economics." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract and pre-publication copy.
  18. ^ Partha Dasgupta (2008). "social capital." The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition. Abstract
  19. ^ Edward P. Lazear (1999). "Culture and Language," Journal of Political Economy, 107(6), Part 2, pp. S95-S126.
  20. ^ Laurence R. Iannaccone (1998). "Introduction to the Economics of Religion," Journal of Economic Literature, 36(3), pp. 1465–1495. Press +.
  21. ^ Laurence R. Iannaccone and Eli Berman, 2008. "religion, economics of," The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition, v. 7, pp. 82-90. Abstract and Table of Contents.
  22. ^ Gary S. Becker, (1996), Accounting for Tastes, Harvard UP. ISBN 0-674-54356-4. Description & preview.
  23. ^ David D. Friedman (1984). "The Economics of War". http://daviddfriedman.com/Academic/economic_of_war/the_economics_of_war.htm. , Blood and Iron: There Will Be War, v. 3, pp. 161-72.
  24. ^ Arthur M. Diamond, Jr. (2008). "science, economics of," in S.N. Durlauf and L.E. Blume, ed., The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition, Abstract and pre-publication copy.
  25. ^ Gary S. Becker (1992). "The Economic Way of Looking at Life." Nobel Prize Lecture, reprinted in (1993), Journal of Political Economy, 101(3), pp. 383-409.
  26. ^ Edward P. Lazear (2000). "Economic Imperialism," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115(1), pp. 99-146.

References

  • Jack Hirshleifer (1985), "The Expanding Domain of Economics," American Economic Review, 75(6), pp. 53-68.

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