This paper offers an overview of Schumpeter's entire economic work from a methodological perspective. Only from this 'birds-eye' view do all the well-known parts of his work become part of a mosaic which - from a distance - forms a picture of logical succession: It tells the story of an...

This paper contrasts the German and English traditions of ‘‘Historical Economics’’ and explains their differences by positioning these two traditions in the specific institutional contexts in which they developed.

This paper presents empirical evidence of the international integration of Swedish economic historians. Contrary to the claims of a recent national evaluation of the discipline, the Swedish shares of international publications and conference presentations are robustly below available...

This paper assesses Joseph Schumpeter's agenda for the integration of theory and history. On the basis of a critical realist conception of the nature of historical theory it is argued that Schumpeter's aims are at odds with his analytical strategy: his implicit ontology cannot be reconciled with...