Rules for Scientific Research in Economics

Adolfo Figueroa is Professor Emeritus of Economics of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He has taught and participated in collaborative research in American and British universities. He received his PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University, USA in 1972. He studied there under the influence and guidance of Professor Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, the famous bio-economist.

• 1 Science is Epistemology.- 2 Alpha-Beta: A Scientific Research Method.- 3 The Economic Process.- 4 The Alpha-Beta Method in Economics.- 5 Falsifying Economic Theories (I).- 6 Falsifying Economic Theories (II).- 7 The Alpha-Beta Method and Other Methods.- 8 Fallacies in Scientific Argumentation.- 9 Comparing Economics and Natural Sciences.- 10 Conclusions.