Have you ever thought of virtues? Temperance, Courage, Justice, Hope, and Love, just to name a few. And, have you ever thought that they could have anything to do with economics? Economists have long ago separated the moral philosophy (ethics) and the science of choice (economics) from each...

Questions such as 'What if such small companies as Hewletts and the Varians had not been established in Santa Clara County in California?' or 'What if Q-type keyboards had not been invented?' are well known among economists. The questions point at a phenomenon called path dependence: 'small...

The professional life of economists takes place within the boundaries of the institution of academic economics. Belonging to the institution enable economists in many ways. It provides a context wherein their contribution is meaningful. But it constrains, too, what economists are allowed to do...

How do ideas evolve actually? Often, there is more than one pathway of advancement in which different ideas emerge and flow in different directions. Does this mean that there is no advancement in intellectual history? Or, are pathways constituents of scholarship? This thesis argues that it is...

Abstract: History books are full of success stories. Intellectuals are interested in such stories because they are important in human history – they are important especially for those who are willing to know more about how we have reached the peak points of human civilization. History books,...

Have you ever thought of virtues? Temperance, Courage, Justice, Hope, and Love, just to name a few. And, have you ever thought that they could have anything to do with economics? Economists have long ago separated the moral philosophy (ethics) and the science of choice (economics) from each...

The professional life of economists takes place within the boundaries of the institution of academic economics. Belonging to the institution enable economists in many ways. It provides a context wherein their contribution is meaningful. But it constrains, too, what economists are allowed to do...