In recent years, institutional and evolutionary economists have become increasingly aware that ideas play an important role in economic development. In the current literature, the problem is usually elaborated upon in purely theoretical terms. In the present paper it is argued that ideas are...

A pragmatic social science offers a media res in relation to hermeneutical and critical theoretical models of social scientific inquiry that is more than the sum of these parts, methodologically speaking, because pragmatism wants to draw as well on other methods in social science, such as...

In recent years, institutional and evolutionary economists have become increasingly aware that ideas play an important role in economic development. In the current literature, the problem is usually elaborated upon in purely theoretical terms. In the present paper it is argued that ideas are...

This chapter reviews the recent debate about the role of social capital in economics. We argue that all the difficulties this concept has encountered in economics are due to a vague and excessively broad definition. For this reason, we restrict social capital to the set of values and beliefs...

This chapter reviews the recent debate about the role of social capital in economics. We argue that all the difficulties this concept has encountered in economics are due to a vague and excessively broad definition. For this reason, we restrict social capital to the set of values and beliefs...

This chapter reviews the recent debate about the role of social capital in economics. We argue that all the difficulties this concept has encountered in economics are due to a vague and excessively broad definition. For this reason, we restrict social capital to the set of values and beliefs...

Dieser Beitrag prüft (1) Hayeks Behauptung, daß abstrakte Verhaltensregeln und Eigentum die einzige Lösung für das Problem darstellen, individuelle Freiheit mit konfliktfreiem Handeln zu versöhnen. Er zeigt (2), daß der von Hayek vorgeschlagene Test der Verträglichkeit auf das...