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Recent Developments in the Labor Theory of Value

Foley, Duncan K. - In: Review of Radical Political Economics 32 (2000) 1, pp. 1-39

This paper reviews the historical roots of Marx's labor theory of value and some contemporary contributions to the critique of this theory. Modern commentary on Marx's labor theory of value based on dual system of parallel prices and embodied labor coefficients loses sight of the theory's roots...

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Cтановление и развитие российской школы экономической мысли.

Gribanova, Ольга Михайловна … - Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - 2012

В статье освещается вклад академика Л.И. Абалкина в исследование вопрса о существовании российской экономической школы как особого направления мировой...

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La pobreza en Smith y Ricardo

Pardo, Édgar - In: Revista de Economía Institucional 2 (2000) January-June, pp. 111-130

This paper provides a comparison between Adam Smith and David Ricardo’s treatments of poverty in a capitalist society. The comparison focus on the different arguments they use to relate poverty to inequality and institutional realities. The discussion points out the life experiences of each...

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Pros and Cons of Teaching and Research in the History of Economic Thought Today

Hurtado, Jimena; Álvarez, Andrés - In: Lecturas de Economía (2010) 73, pp. 275-301

, highlighting its relevance in the academic formation of future economists. In a moment where economics has been questioned for its … economists that economics is a process and not a product, providing them with the necessary insights to participate actively in …

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Why Teach History of Economic Thought Today?

Álvarez, Andrés; Hurtado, Jimena - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2010

Shorter undergraduate studies, increasing specialization and the priority of applied research in Economics represent … allows developing valuable skills that might help overcome the criticisms against Economics due to its alleged incapacity to … a space for thought, self-criticism and introspection in which new economists may understand that Economics is a process …

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In Search of a Definition For the History of Economic Thought

Betancourt, Rebeca Gomez; Arias, Alexander Tobón - In: Lecturas de Economía (2009) 71, pp. 235-250

establish links between different fields of specialization in economic, and the reconciliation with the contemporary economics …

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UTILITARIAN FUNDAMENTALISM AND LIMITED INFORMATION.

D'ASPREMONT, C.; GERARD-VARET, L-A. - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 1989

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The mathematical economics of compound interest: a 4,000-year overview

Hudson, Michael - In: Journal of Economic Studies 27 (2000) September, pp. 344-363

Sketches the history of economic thought regarding the self-expanding growth of investments through the accrual of compound interest. Exercises that calculate such growth in terms of “doubling times” have already been found in Babylonian textbooks from c. 2000?BC. Although compound interest...

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Econometrics: an appraisal

Meerhaeghe, Marcel A.G. van - In: Journal of Economic Studies 27 (2000) September, pp. 316-325

Econometrics labours under the same limitations as economics: it rests on unrealistic hypotheses (and non …

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Mathematics in economics: the monopoly point of view?

Maks, Hans - In: Journal of Economic Studies 27 (2000) September, pp. 338-343

Describes how mathematics enjoyed a virtual monopoly as the privileged method of economic inquiry in the post-war period. Counters the argument that such a position generates negative consequences, such as monopoly rents and the abuse of dominant positions. Argues that competing schools of...

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