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Albert O. Hirschman’s Methods. Review of M. Alacevich, "A.O. Hirschman. An Intellectual Biography, New York: Columbia University Press, 2021, and J. Adelman, Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman", Princeton (NJ)-Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2013

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  • Stefan Kesting

    (Economics Department, Leeds University Business School, Leeds, UK)

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Concentrating on Hirschman’s preferred methods of inquiry and theory construction, this review takes a synthesising critical account of Adelman’s (2013) and Alacevich’s (2021) biographies of the famous economist.

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  • Stefan Kesting, 2022. "Albert O. Hirschman’s Methods. Review of M. Alacevich, "A.O. Hirschman. An Intellectual Biography, New York: Columbia University Press, 2021, and J. Adelman, Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of A," Annals of the Fondazione Luigi Einaudi. An Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics, History and Political Science, Fondazione Luigi Einaudi, Torino (Italy), vol. 56(2), pages 211-222, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:fle:journl:v:56:y:2022:i:2:p:211-222
    DOI: 10.26331/11901
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    1. Jeremy Adelman, 2013. "Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman," Economics Books, Princeton University Press, edition 1, number 9935.
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    Hirschman; Methods; History of Ideas; Development Economics; Participant Observation; Ethnograpy.;
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    • B1 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925
    • B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology

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