 The Errors of Historicism in German EconomicsCarl Menger Econ Journal Watch, 2020, vol. 17, issue 2, 442–507 Abstract: This is the first-ever English translation of Carl Menger’s The Errors of Historicism in German Economics. Originally published in 1884, the book is Menger’s second major contribution to what became known as the Methodenstreit between him and Gustav Schmoller. Menger writes The Errors of Historicism in German Economics as a response to Schmoller’s harsh review of his Investigations into the Methods of the Social Sciences with Special Reference to Economics. Despite the polemical rhetoric of the book, its content reveals that the standard ‘deduction vs. induction’ or ‘theory vs. history’ narrative about the Methodenstreit is insufficiently narrow: Rather, the debate is about identifying complementarities and appropriate demarcation lines between the sub-fields of economics, not about the overall legitimacy of the different methods. The essay is preceded by an introduction by Karen Horn and Stefan Kolev which embeds the book in the larger context of the Methodenstreit and outlines the translation project conducted by Young Affiliates of the Network for Constitutional Economics and Social Philosophy NOUS. JEL-codes: A11 B13 B31 B41 (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ejw:journl:v:17:y:2020:i:2:p:442-507 Access Statistics for this article Econ Journal Watch is currently edited by Daniel Klein More articles in Econ Journal Watch from Econ Journal Watch Contact information at EDIRC. |
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