..., we refute a number of contentions and remarks by Blaug. We conclude with a plea for rigor and relevance. Correspondence may be addressed to [email protected] and [email protected] . We are grateful to Tony Aspromourgos, Pierangelo Garegnani, Christian Gehrke, Harvey Gram, Geoff Harcourt...

...Giuseppe Eusepi; Richard E. Wagner While Antonio de Viti de Marco was a significant figure within the Italian school of public finance that flourished between 1880 and 1940, his theoretical framework also has relevance today. Contemporary theory largely adopts a sequential framework where states...

..., U.K.: Edward Elgar. Gordon, Robert Aaron. 1976 . Rigor and Relevance in a Changing Institutional Setting. American Economic Review 66.1 : 1 –14. Hahn, Frank. 1982 . The Neo-Ricardians. Cambridge Journal of Economics 6.4 : 353 –74. Hargreaves Heap, Shaun P., and Yanis Varoufakis...

...Andrea Salanti A recent exchange between the late Mark Blaug and Heinz Kurz and Neri Salvadori on the relevance of Sraffian economics (and a significant amount of more orthodox approaches, for that matter) does not seem to offer conclusive arguments, mainly because both contenders share some...

... CCC 00 18-2702/87/$1.50 On the relevance of neo-Walrasian economic theory: a review Lawrence A. Boland General equilibrium analysis: studies in appraisal. By E. Roy Weintraub. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Pp. ix, 191. $24.95. Economic theories in a non-Walrasian...

... department in the period from the mid-1930s to the 1960s. Copyright © 1998 by Duke University Press 1998 “What Is Truth” in Capital Theory? Five Stories Relevant to the Evaluation of Frank H. Knight’s Contributions to the Capital Controversy Ross B. Emmett I am absolutely convinced...

... relevant today? Giuseppe Tullio A vast literature has developed in the last decade or so both in Europe and the United States about the causes of high unemployment and slow eco- nomic growth in Europe. The debate has centered principally on whether the high unemployment has been caused...

... of their discipline. J. 0. B. J. J. S. C. D. W. G. A Selection of the Writings of Robert Sidney Smith Relevant to the History of Political...

...Paul Erickson This paper makes two related points about the nature of application that are potentially relevant to assessing the recent “applied turn” in economics. First, it draws upon the historiography of the sciences to suggest the kind of rhetorical work performed by distinctions between “pure...

... of Lucas’s paper and that throughout the 1970s and 1980s they produced a fierce reaction against it. In this article we analyze the reactions by a broad set of authors (which we label “Keynesians”) that disputed the relevance of the critique. In spite of their diversity in methodological, theoretical...

... Essai , relevant passages from the English versions of Cantillon’s writings. Two kinds of development can be seen in his writings. The first kind of development, internal to each of the versions of his work, is due to the way in which Cantillon builds up his theories. Since he typically starts from...

...—and the historical relevance of the debates and the intellectual and factual work preceding and following those debates. This cross-analysis, which takes into account both sides of the question, that is, both the solid faith of people who see themselves as belonging to the cultural framework of Catholic moral...

... are also cited, specifically Luigi Amoroso and Umberto Ricci, because of the relevance of their contribution. The essay concludes by referring to Gini's rejection of econometrics, which coincided with the appearance of a new generation of social scientists whose aim was to combine economics, statistics...

... to build relevant models and statistical methods, mainly based on the distinction between fixed effects (analysis of covariance) and random effects. They brought back identification issues in the context of estimating a production function of sixty-six farms in Israel for 1954–58 ( Mundlak 1961...

... the analytical frame by multiplying the relevant actors, modes, and targets of intervention yet could still include within it research on public intellectuals narrowly construed. As an empirical example, we suggest that the design and diffusion of economic indicators—specifically, the GDP and the myriad...

... the theory's coherence; the relevant issue is that such a price theory would contain its own principle of intelligibility. Second, we will point out the role of this theory in preventing economic compulsion. This approach could help us to draw upon the moral and economic responsibility of human beings living...

...” approaches to economics open a window on how the changing relationship between the state and the profession of economics created new research agendas. The transformation of economics in the post-Stalin period into a “Cold War Science” from an “ideological science” made “policy relevance” increasingly...

... as an economist, and examines his views on methodology and the influences Pellegino Rossi and Jean-Baptiste Say exerted in his thought and writings. In this context European economic liberalism of the 19 th century is revisited and the question about its relevance for the new-born states of South-Eastern Europe...

... relationship between the two propositions it meant to prove, it is relatively easy to refute the main objections that have been raised against the very same numerical example in the past. Moreover, it reaffirms the sustained relevance of Ricardo's two propositions as important insights for understanding...

... how the shared identification of uncertainty as a major problem, their similar interpretation of rationality as the ability to select and use relevant information, and their embrace of certain methodological norms for the construction of economic theory (that it should be empirically grounded...