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Does Scholarship in the History of Economics Have a Useful Future?

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Presidential addresses tend to fall into one of two broad categories. Category I speeches-which I shall refer to as the pastoral style speak to the condition of our sub-discipline. Their central themes typically survey the state of the art offer commentary on promising further directions for fruitful research, and provide arguments useful in justifying our existence to skeptics who doubt the utility of studying the works of dead economists.

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  • Barber, William J., 1990. "Does Scholarship in the History of Economics Have a Useful Future?," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 12(2), pages 110-123, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jhisec:v:12:y:1990:i:02:p:110-123_00
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    1. Welch, P. & Dolfsma, W.A., 2004. "How To Be Better Prepared For A Paradigm Shift In Economic Theory, And Write Better Articles In The Meantime," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2004-101-ORG, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    2. Mark Blaug, 2001. "No History of Ideas, Please, We're Economists," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 15(1), pages 145-164, Winter.
    3. Marcuzzo, Maria Cristina & Zacchia, Giulia, 2024. "The History Of Economic Thought From The Viewpoint Of Hes Presidential Addresses," SocArXiv wt9rp, Center for Open Science.

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