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huge influence on how economics in Cambridge has been taught and researched. He held leadership positions in the Faculty of … Economics and Politics at Cambridge for 25 years, between 1955 and 1980. The main purpose of this paper is to explain Reddaway …'s method and his distinct approach to economics. It also briefly reviews his life and times. The words in the title summarise …
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in nature. Moreover, while drawing on the history of economics and the history of physics, I argue that the history of a … the history of economics and economic history. I distinguish my approach from two closely related positions that emphasize … learning from the past for scientific purposes. In my conclusion, I argue that that if economics departments continue to …
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attitudes towards methodological principles in economics. For the majority of economic propositions personal values matter … produced and in agreement with Milton Friedman's view on positive economics. Female economists are at some notable points less …
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Is economics a science or a theology? Nelson sensibly argues that economists are a priestly class; they issue … than with politics or religion. Indeed, in the early years, mathematical economics was dominated by socialist advocates of … market assumptions. With an ironic twist, mathematical economics ultimately came to be interpreted as a defense of laissez …
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Is economics a science or a theology? Nelson sensibly argues that economists are a priestly class; they issue … than with politics or religion. Indeed, in the early years, mathematical economics was dominated by socialist advocates of … market assumptions. With an ironic twist, mathematical economics ultimately came to be interpreted as a defense of laissez …
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The publish-or-perish principle has become a fact of academic life in gaining a position or being promoted. Evidence is mounting that benefits of this pressure is being countered by the downsides, notably by means of scientific misconduct or forms of goal displacement by scientists. In this...
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The global neoliberal project, which entailed inter alia financial liberalization that accelerated financialization of the world economy, was advocated by leading Austrian, Chicago School neoclassical, and New Keynesian economists, despite awareness that the project would induce substantial harm...
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series "Recollections of Eminent Economics", originally published in vol. 37 n. 148 of "Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly …
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We argue James M. Buchanan's scholarship provides us an exemplary model for doing liberal political economy. Levy (2014) argues there are irreconcilable tensions within liberalism between rationalism and pluralism. Buchanan navigates these tensions in a way that powered one of the most important...
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