Ricardo's Mantle

Robert P Rutherford

Australian Economic Papers, 1986, vol. 25, issue 47, 206-21

Abstract: This paper analyzes the recent debate over Ricardian economics and assesses its implications for both the history of thought and modern economics. It is argued that "Ricardo's Mantle" is worth fighting for because lineages in ideas form the implicit bedrock of assumptions which condition the framing of explicit models. The methodological chasms involved in interpretation are explored by developing skeletal versions of the traditional model and S. Hollander's "new view." The importance ascribed to the Corn Laws debate in forming Ricardo's system is seen to be central and Hollander 's unfamiliar Ricardo is argued to rest on a methodological revolution in interpretation. Copyright 1986 by Blackwell Publishers Ltd/University of Adelaide and Flinders University of South Australia

Date: 1986
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