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M.Kalecki,D.Kreps,W.Eichorn,R.Allen,K.Arrow,G.Debreu,J.Nash,
B.StigumandK.Wicksell.
Thepracticaluseofeconometricsandstatisticsiseasilyseeninthepub-
licationsof,amongothers,J.Tinbergen,J.Cramer,O.Krelle,L.Klein,
D.Hendry,W.Welfe,A.Baron,W.Maciejewski,W.Charemza,V.Dlouhy,
R.Fair,J.Gruber,B.Hickman,J.Kornai,M.Nerlove,Z.Pawłowski,
R.Wuandt,I.Sujan,K.Wallis,W.Milo,E.PentecostandC.Papazoglou.
Thereisalsoagroupofeconomistsandeconometriciansthataretheo-
reticians,i.e.theyhavesolidfoundationsofknowledgeinlogic,mathemat-
ics,economics,andpossiblyinsociologyandsocialpsychology.Havingthis
knowledgeandgreatintuition,theycanproposeinnovativetheoriesandfor-
malmodelsofthesetheoriesandsometimesdrawveryunusualconclusions
thatarepracticallyverifiableandimportant.Theirpropositionsareoften
veryinfluential,boththeoreticallyandpractically.
Fromthepointofviewoftheorizing,modelling,forecastinganddecision
making,itisveryimportanttorecognizeandunderstandtheessenceof
fundamentalconceptsusedineconomics.
Thismonographypresentsanddiscussesthefollowingcategoriesofcon-
cepts:
truthandcauses(Chapter1),
randomness(Chapter2),
isomorphism,homomorphism,models,modelling(Chapter3),
models,modelling(Chapter4),
expectations(Chapter5,6,7),
instrumentsofmonetarypolicy,theeffectsoftheiruse(Chapter8),
potentia,calculusofpotentias(Chapter9),
theory,theorizing(Chapter10).
Thepresentationanddiscussionoftheseconceptsincludetheirhistorical
roots,differencesintheirinterpretationatvariousperiodsoftime,theirrole
inthedevelopmentofscience,andeconomicsinparticular,theirusefulness
insolvingtheoreticalandpracticalproblemsinresearchandeverydaylife,
perspectivesforconcreteapplications,aswellastechnicalthresholdsand
barrierstotheirtheoreticalandpracticaluse.Inaddition,theideaoftypes
ofknowledgeisdiscussed.