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between theory and history, the possibility of naturalism, and the place of Austrian economics within the discipline of … economics as a whole, are brought out …
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Standard histories of economics usually treat the "marginal revolution" of the midnineteenth century as both … supplanting the "classical" economics of Smith and Ricardo and as advancing the idea of economics as a mathematical science. The … marginalists - especially Jevons and Walras - viewed Cournot's (1838) book on mathematical economics as a seminal work on which …
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Standard histories of economics usually treat the “marginal revolution” of the midnineteenth century as both … supplanting the “classical” economics of Smith and Ricardo and as advancing the idea of economics as a mathematical science. The … marginalists – especially Jevons and Walras – viewed Cournot's (1838) book on mathematical economics as a seminal work on which …
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knowledge of mathematical economics, having mastered and criticized Cournot as early as 1871. In 1884 he engaged in a multi …-round debate with the editors of The Nation over the economics of trade liberalization in the case of a proposed trade treaty with … Peirce's understanding of mathematical economics and to his philosophy of science. …
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Warren Samuels was an influential proponent of methodological pluralism in economics. This short paper discusses his … about historiography and the history of economics …
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Whether justified by the concrete circumstances or not, an economic crisis is, by simple association, taken as an implicit refutation of the invisible hand vision and the underlying theory. The fundamental heterodox critique locates the source of apparent theoretical difficulties at the level of...
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The systematic study of political economy begins with the recognition of two seemingly contradictory observations about commercial life. The first observation is that individuals pursue their self-interest and do so as effectively as they are capable of doing. The second observation is that...
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experimental economics' (EE) methodology. This article aims to study the historical roots of this present paradox. To do so, we … analyze the use of statistical tools in EE from early economics experiments of the 1940's-1950's to the present days. Our …
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