History of economics: Learning from the past
Alexander Dow and
Sheila Dow
No 029/2009, SCEME Working Papers: Advances in Economic Methodology from SCEME
Abstract:
The premise on which this paper builds is that modern economists unduly neglect history. The paper aims to support the argument that this is undesirable by looking at past episodes in the development of economic thought where economics has benefited from a historical approach. The first example to be explored is the staples approach of Harold Innis of the University of Toronto. He drew on the history of staples industries in Canada in order to formulate a theory of economic development. The second example is the stages approach as put forward in the Scottish Enlightenment and developed by later writers, whereby different episodes of economic history are categorised according to different stages of economic organisation.
Keywords: history of economics; methodology of economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2009-01
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