Political economy and the 'modern view' as reflected in the history of economic thought

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2016

Authors

Mário Graça Moura (Author) FEP; António ALmodover (Author) Other

Journal

Title: European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Vol. 23 No. 1

Pages: 59-81

ISSN: 0967-2567

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Scientific classification

CORDIS: Social sciences > Economics

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00K-3PY

DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2013.825000

Abstract (EN): This paper focuses on the transition from classical political economy to modern' economics, a central aspect of which is the ascent of the conception of theory' as a mere instrument of research. We analyse how this transitional phase was perceived and interpreted in representative, more or less contemporaneous histories of economic thought: those by Luigi Cossa in 1880, by John Kells Ingram in 1915 (originally published in 1888), and by Charles Gide and Charles Rist in 1915. Despite their differences, all authors share the same conception of the structure of scientific laws, as well as the view that economics must be separated from liberalism.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 23