On the reality of ideology in economic theory

Gilson Schwartz ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 1983, vol. 3, issue 2, 247-255

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to review some of the basic ideas in the works ofMaurice Dobb and Joseph A. Schumpeter with reference to the methodology of the historyof economic thought. It seems to exist a debate between the authors, as long as Dobb tries tocriticize Schumpeter’s ideas. Their apparently opposite views could be fairly associated withan “externalist” X “Internalist “ controversy, but it is argued that this is not the case becausethey share some common and undiscussed premises. The problem should be to discuss thereal significance of using the tools of economic theory not only by verifying their “practical”consequences or by isolating the techniques from other levels of analysis but assuming therelevance of ideological criticism at the methodological plane. JEL Classification: B41.

Keywords: Methodology of economics; Dobb-Schumpeter polemic; ideology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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