Levallois, Clément - In: History of Political Economy 41 (2009) 1, pp. 163-181
Today, Alchian's “Uncertainty, Evolution, and Economic Theory” (1950) is hailed by evolutionary economists as a most … other hand, Alchian's article is also cherished by mainstream economists who consider it to be a powerful defense of the … maximization principle in the theory of the firm. Our examination of the early intellectual life of Alchian shows that it was his …