This paper concerns a neglected aspect of Lucas's work: his methodological writings, published and unpublished. Particular attention is paid to his views on the relationship between theory and ideology. I start by setting out Lucas's non-standard conception of theory: to him, a theory and a...

1. Friedman's Essays in positive economics : logical consistency and validity -- 2. The singularity of Friedman's conception of the positive-normative distinction -- 3. The disappearance of the normative framework from Walras's economics -- 4. Friedman's method for doing positive economics -- 5....

This article is an in-depth analysis of Backhouse and Boianovsky's book, <italic>Transforming Modern Macroeconomics: Exploring Disequilibrium Microfoundations, 1956-2003</italic>. I start with questioning Backhouse and Boianovsky's too broad understanding of the disequilibrium approach. Thereby they bring...