In the last period of his professional life Mark Blaug (1927-2011) repeatedly intervened with a series of papers characterised by a critical attitude towards both Whig history and the formalist turn in modern economics. At the same time, however, he never abandoned his long standing commitment...

From a number of encyclopaedic entries (Economic methodology, Methodological pluralism, Economic “laws”, Economic models, Microeconomics, Utility) it should emerge the peculiar status of “laws” and “models” in economics.

The practice of dynamic pricing, so typical of low cost carriers, is generally regarded as a form of price discrimination between "leisure" and "business" travellers on the single flight or on the single route. Across different routes, however, things may go differently. If price increases in...

È argomento da tempo controverso se la dimensione “politica” dell’economia possa sopravvivere alla richiesta di rigore teorico e di adeguata formalizzazione matematica dei propri modelli. Talvolta sembra quasi ci si debba rassegnare ad avere una “scienza naturale” senza...

Pluralism in Economics sheds new light on the various meanings and consequences of pluralist approaches to the history and methodology of economics. The first part focuses on philosophical and methodological issues. The second part contains six case studies which discuss diverse issues but adopt...

It has been repeatedly maintained that Popperian falsificationism ought to be regarded as the proper metho dological framework for the appraisal of economic theories. More rece ntly, it has also been argued we should look at Popperian fallibilism as the right epistemological perspective for...

This paper outlines some of the main methodological issues to arise in macroeconomics, making the case that the methodological issues arising in macroeconomics are just as important as those arising in microeconomics and that they merit more attention. Focusing on the symposium to which it forms...

Air travel routes and high speed rail connection between Milan and Rome after the Alitalia crisis This paper analyses the first available data about changes in passenger traffic and air/rail fares after the Alitalia crisis and the substantial reduction of the travel time between Milan and Rome,...