in nature. Moreover, while drawing on the history of economics and the history of physics, I argue that the history of a … the history of economics and economic history. I distinguish my approach from two closely related positions that emphasize … learning from the past for scientific purposes. In my conclusion, I argue that that if economics departments continue to …

Standard histories of economics usually treat the "marginal revolution" of the midnineteenth century as both … supplanting the "classical" economics of Smith and Ricardo and as advancing the idea of economics as a mathematical science. The … marginalists - especially Jevons and Walras - viewed Cournot's (1838) book on mathematical economics as a seminal work on which …

. Economics itself is part of the double movement. A second look at Polanyi's might be fruitful to face present challenges better …

This paper conjectures that economics has changed profoundly since the 1970s and that these changes involve a new … theory than was previously the case. Discussing new types of applied work, the changing context of applied work, and new … understanding of the nature of applied work and hence of economics itself. …