How time is comprehended in economics is central to the type of discipline to which economics is analogized. Rejecting the symmetrical notion of time in classical physics, Joan Robinson emphasized the importance of 'historical time', and hence history. A new generation of...

The investigations and politically-motivated attacks taking place in climate change studies confirm that scientific knowledge comes about as social constructions shaped by non-scientific events and circumstances such as interests, power relationships and negotiations. As both Lynn Hankinson...

In a previous article for Econ Journal Watch, I attributed to Paul Krugman a concurrence with the optimistic economic forecast put forward in early 2009 by the incoming Administration. Krugman reacted by denying that he had concurred with that forecast, pointing to a blog entry of his from...

Son muchos los factores que inciden en la determinación de la competitividad, término con un significado tan amplio que intelectuales como Paul Krugman ( Porter, 1997) han dicho que es una forma poética de así llamarle a la productividad. Su determinación se vuelve más difícil si se...

We have made a complete review of Krugman’s New York Times columns 1997 through 2006—in all, 654 columns. The pattern of policy positions and arguments do not square with his purported concern for general prosperity and the interests of the poor. Some of the evidence lies in...

Economiste américain, Paul Krugman a reçu le prix Nobel 2008 pour avoir analysé « les effets des économies d'échelle sur les modèles du commerce international et la localisation de l'activité économique ». Les nouvelles théories du commerce international qui justifient la mise en...

The paper analyzes Albert Hirschman's theory of linkages in economic development in his writings, and the possible influence of his Colombia experience in the development of this idea. The theory is then applied to explain Colombia’s economic history in the nineteenth and twentieth century....