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Historians of Economics use two main types of approaches. The first one interprets history of economic thought in terms of doctrines – mercantilism, socialism, liberalism, to name a few. Since the publication of Schumpeter’s History of Economic Analysis, this axiomatic has lost importance to...

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Ce texte a été écrit en mai 2004. Il intervient dans le débat sur l'Économie des Conventions amorcé par deux jeunes chercheurs régulationnistes avec un exposé critique au colloque « Conventions et Institutions » de décembre 2003 (Amable et Palombarini, 2003). Leur communication...

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