Eponymic honor is a common form of professional recognition in economics, as it is in other sciences. There also seems to be convincing evidence that individuals exposed to economic theory behave less cooperatively and more self-interestedly than individuals who have not been exposed to such...

This paper examines Mark Blaug's position on the normative character of Paretian welfare economics: in general, and specifically with respect to his debate with Pieter Hennipman over this question during the 1990s. The paper also clarifies some of the confusions that emerged within the context...

Abstract: This paper examines the methodological arguments in Gul & Pesendorfer (2008) from the prospective of Blaug's Popperian methodology. The paper is divided into two parts. The first part examines the similarities between Gul & Pesendorfer's essay and Milton Friedman's famous essay...