How Economics Forgot History: The Problem of Historical Specificity in Social Science (Economics as Social Theory) Geoffrey M Hodgson
Publisher: Routledge

Apr 12, 2014 - “The Empirical Evidence Against Neoclassical Utility Theory: A Review of the Literature” [with Mehmet Karacuka] International Journal for Pluralism and Economics Education Vol. Hodgson: How Economics Forgot History: The Problem of Historical Specificity in Social Science. Jul 20, 2013 - This historical specificity can be a problem for economists, even heterodox ones, as they are generally wont to find principles which extend across different times and societies. May 26, 2008 - The excitement they had created in the upper realms of popular culture touched off a vogue for offering advice on “the business applications of complexity theory” among many high-end consulting firms. Schmoller believed that economics was and must be an empirical science, and that the evidence that these particular scientists must study must come from human history: so a study of the history of economies is the essence of What matters is that it certainly isn't as specific or historical as the kind of fact-gathering that Schmoller had in mind. Jun 1, 2007 - Perhaps less stress on arcane theories that are relevant only to professional economists should be replaced by a more historical, institutional, and hands-on approach to microeconomic and macroeconomic issues. Nov 16, 2013 - Standing in the crossing of economic history, the history of economic knowledge and thought, memory studies, and the history of economics and science, Boldizzoni's paper demonstrates the merits of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary . May 11, 2014 - His theoretical and empirical research concerns a wide range of substantive issues, ranging across different levels of analysis from micro to macro, covering different spatial scales, dealing with various historical and prospective as well as This deficit has created the basis for non-economists to explore the overdetermination of régulation by extra-economic factors as well as to examine how the regulation of capitalism impacts upon other parts of the social formation. Business School, University of Hertfordshire. Apr 10, 2014 - The term “Austrian” has lost its geographical specificity in recent decades, and has become a factional tag in economics. 'How Economics Forgot History: The Problem of Historical Specificity in Social Science' by Geoffrey Hodgson, as it deals specifically with the issue of the ontological nature of the 'laws' of economics, and the extent to which they are context free (or not). My statements regarding methodenstreit are based on my reading of Geoffry M. In a nutshell, Marx's theory goes as follows: under capitalism, the value of commodities is determined by the “socially necessary” amount of labour required to produce them ('variable capital'), plus the current necessary cost of .. I have merely summarized his views in one sentence. And this ONE historical condition comprises a world's history.