The Historiography of Contemporary Economics

ISBN: 978-0-415-77799-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics

Although there are various books looking at the history of economics, the historiography of economics, or how we approach, write, think about, and talk about the history of economics, is a relatively unexamined topic. Most histories of economics run through "the canon" picking up idea after idea as the procession leads to the present time. This appears to be the case since most histories of economics are written by individuals socialized as economists who are interested in the historical antecedents of modern ideas. As historians would say, narratives constructed in this manner are over interpreted and under researched.

E. Roy Weintraub’s influential research is characterized by a self-consciousness about historiography, his individual approach to the subject serving as a touchstone for discussions on the history of economics. This new volume not only collects Weintraub’s most controversial research, but knits together the various strands, extending and elaborating on his previous arguments. This book shows that there is a serious historiographic stance that is possible for historians of economics to consider and adopt. It includes a detailed bibliography and short guide to resources for historians of modern economics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weintraub, E. Roy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Introduction, Part 2 On Research, 1. The Relation of Economics to the History of Economics, 3. What Defines a Legitimate Contribution to the Subdiscipline "History of Economics"?, 3. How Should We Write the History of Twentieth Century Economics?, Part 3 On Letters, 4. Economist’s letters in the history of economics, 5. Epistolary Cambridge Economists: A Review of Maria Cristina Marcuzzo and Annalisa Rosselli, 6. Review of J. Daniel Hammond and Claire H. Hammond's Making Chicago Price Theory: Friedman-Stigler correspondence 1945-1957, 7. Review of The Correspondence of Alfred Marshall, Economist, 8. Roy F. Harrod and the Interwar Years, Part 4 On Life Writing, 9. Life Writing in the history of economics, 10. Autobiography and the History of Economics: or the Historiography of the 'ACE Bump', 11. Economists Talking with Economists: An Historian's Perspective, Part 5 On Others’ Historiography, 12. Wrong ways to do the history of economics, 13. On Lawson on Equilibrium, 14. Making Up History: A Comment on Pratten, 15. But Doctor Salanti, Bumblebees Really Do Fly, 16. Roger Backhouse's Straw Herring, Part 6 Epilogue, 17. Introduction, 18. Economic Science Wars

Über Autor(innen)

E. Roy Weintraub is Professor of Economics at Duke University.