The last generalists

Hans-Michael Trautwein

The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2017, vol. 24, issue 6, 1134-1166

Abstract: The general trend of research specialisation in economics has contributed to the marginalisation of the history of economic thought. However, it has also led to a state of fragmentation in the profession and thereby increased the costs of neglecting the history of economic thought. This paper argues that historians of thought can help to counteract fragmentation because they are special generalists that fulfil multiple functions, for example, in the education of economists, the detection of blind spots in modern theories and the identification of routes for innovation by backtracking.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/09672567.2017.1378694

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