History of economics and history of science: A comparative look at recent work in both fields

Ross Emmett

A chapter in A Research Annual, 2010, pp 71-94 from Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Abstract: The history of science prizes have been awarded to 12 individuals (8 individual authors and 2 sets of coauthors). The history of economics prizes have been awarded to 10 individual authors (no coauthored papers). Seven of the 10 economics prize winners are located in economics departments; the others are in history;4business history (McCraw); and the history of political thought (Hont). Six of the 12 history of science prize winners are located in history of science programs;5four more are in history departments;6one is in a classics department;7and one is in a geography department. Among the prize winners, then, the history of science is almost exclusively practiced by historians of science, whether they are in history of science departments or in history/classics departments, whereas the history of economics is primarily, but not exclusively, practiced by those in economics departments.8Although departmental affiliations can be deceiving and ever-changing, clearly Schabas has not convinced historians of economics to abandon the discipline of economics.

Date: 2010
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