Forni, Floreal H.; Freytes Frey, Ada; Quaranta, Germán - In: International Journal of Social Economics 25 (1998) 9, pp. 1380-1397
Presents Frédéric Le Play ‐ French author who lived in the nineteenth century ‐ as a precursor of social economics. In the first place, characterizes this perspective, which is critical of the classical theory. Analyses some of its postulates and reviews some examples of authors and...