approach to development is persistently pervaded by economics.  …

The conventional wisdom in economics is that resources are limited, wants are unlimited, and the business of the …

economics remains under‐appreciated. Reviews Cropsey′s 1955 argument in order to apprehend just what charges are being laid at … the door of modern welfare economics. Considers the way in which Benjamin Ward misconstrued that argument in his 1956 … “rebuttal” and the same misunderstandings and dividing lines which still exist in economics today. Offers illustration from the …

economics, even in such modified versions as developed by Samuelson and Solow, regard technology, labour economics and social …

Attempts to express certain views about the relationship that Robbins advocates between economics and psychology … theories. This procedure, however, is greatly misleading and can damage the autonomy of economics, making it dependent on the … particular theories that are provided to explain human behaviour. At the same time, Robbins defends the view that economics …

the economics literature. Just what determines the profession′s definition of “elegance” is a question less frequently …

Mainstream economics views the workplace from the perspective of property rights, maximum efficiency, and profit … maximization. Economic resources, including human beings, are represented as instrumentalities. Social economics affirms the …