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Preface
Acknowledgments
The Methodology of Economic Research Programs	p. 1
The Role of Crucial Counterexamples in the Growth of Economic Knowledge: Two Case Studies in the Recent History of Economic Thought	p. 15
Blaug's Economic Methodology	p. 23
Second Thoughts on Lakatos	p. 37
Second Thoughts on "Second Thoughts": Reconsidering the Lakatosian Progress of The General Theory	p. 53
Karl Popper and Economic Methodology: A New Look	p. 67
Ad Hocness in Economics and the Popperian Tradition	p. 83
Falsification, Situational Analysis, and Scientific Research Programs: The Popperian Tradition in Economic Methodology	p. 101
The Problem of Excess Content: Economics, Novelty, and a Long Popperian Tale	p. 125
Thirteen Theses on Progress in Economic Methodology	p. 143
The Popperian Tradition in Economic Methodology: Should It Be Saved?	p. 149
References	p. 203
Index	p. 233
About the Author	p. 239
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Testing, Rationality, and Progress Essays on the Popperian Tradition in Economic Methodology

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