Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

経済学における決定論、因果性、説明－オーストリア学派の視点
Megger, Dawid, Determinism, Causality and Explanation in Economics: An Austrian School Perspective. (Routledge INEM Advances in Economic Methodology) 296 pp. 2025:6 (Routledge, UK) <744-240>
ISBN 978-1-032-90043-8 hard ¥40,832.- (税込) GB￡ 145.00

In recent years, the concepts of determinism, causality, and explanation have taken on particular importance in the economic literature. Due to the failures of economic predictions based on mathematical models, philosophers and economists turned their attention to methodological issues. At the same time, heterodox approaches to economics have received increased attention, including the Austrian School of Economics: an intellectual tradition which perceives economics as a science of human action and has emphasized the role of causal explanations practically from its inception. This book opens by exploring disputes In the philosophy of science over the fundamental goal of science. While instrumentalists argue that scientists should aim at good predictions regardless of veracity of theories, according to scientific realists, they should look for knowledge that reflects reality. The book shows that the Austrian tradition adheres to scientific realism and can be perceived as a middle ground between historicism and positivism. It discusses the determinism / free will problem in economics and its methodological relevance. Then, it examines various theories of causality (regularity, counterfactual, interventionist, probabilistic, process/mechanistic) and their applicability to economics. Finally, it explores possible and desirable types of explanations in economics. As the book tries to show, the Austrian school offers a unique and valuable approach to these issues. The book will be of particular interest to readers in economic theory, philosophy of economics and economic methodology, especially those appreciating heterodox traditions.

愛憎としての資本主義－W.ゾンバルトに関する入門及び6つの論考
Szlajfer, Henryk, Capitalism as Hassliebe: Werner Sombart (1863-1941): Six Essays with an Introduction. (Studies in Critical Social Sciences 322) 383 pp. 2025:7 (Brill, NE) <744-241>
ISBN 978-90-04-73353-4 hard ¥31,797.- (税込) EUR 137.00

Werner Sombart, seen both as a path-breaking innovative economic historian who invented the concept of the Spaetkapitalismus (Late Capitalism) and the follower (for some time) of Hitler's National Socialism, is still a forgotten major figure in German social science. As the author of a widely known exposition on socialism and social movements (trade unions), the monumental Der moderne Kapitalismus and a controversial monograph on the role of the Jews in the birth of capitalism, he is shown in this book in the broader context of the disputes in the first decades of the 20th century involving Marxists, German Jews and his friend Max Weber.