In recent years, comparative economics experienced a revival, with a new focus on comparing capitalist economies. The …

Economics is not only a social science, it is a genuine science. Like the physical sciences, economics uses a …, economics stresses three factors that distinguish it from other social sciences. Economists use the construct of rational … have allowed economics to invade intellectual territory that was previously deemed to be outside the discipline's realm …

I discuss the role of economic theory in empirical work in development economics with special emphasis on general … main arguments using examples from recent work in development economics and political economy …

Neither economics nor political science can explain the process of modern social development. The fact that developed … societies always have developed economies and developed polities suggests that the connection between economics and politics … must be a fundamental part of the development process. This paper develops an integrated theory of economics and politics …