Is it Necessary to Choose a Doctrine Before Developing a Theory?

Faut-il-il choisir une doctrine avant d’élaborer une théorie ?

Arnaud Diemer
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Arnaud Diemer: ESPE - UCA - École supérieure du professorat et de l'éducation - Clermont-Auvergne - UCA [2017-2020] - Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020]

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Abstract: After two centuries, political economy has become a science, formulating hypotheses, postulates, language and scientific method... While economic theory is based on an increasingly sophisticated technical apparatus (mathematics, models, econometrics), it still depends largely on schools of thought and doctrines. Malinvaud's article, entitled "L'expérience travailliste et la pensée économique anglaise", written in 1950, by one of the fathers of macroeconomics in France, is an excellent illustration of these tenuous links between theory and doctrine. Its analysis makes it possible to understand both the discussions on economic organization (planning vs. competition) in the aftermath of the Second World War; the wish of some French economists to better understand the spirit of English capitalism and its experience in planning; and the state of knowledge on the history of ideas during this same period.

Keywords: Doctrine; Liberalism; Malinvaud; Planification; Theory; libéralisme; planification; théorie (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-06-24
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Published in Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique, 2020, Revue d'histoire de la pensée économique 2020 – 1, n° 9 varia, 2020 – 1 (n° 9), pp.91-124. ⟨10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10602-9.p.0091⟩

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DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-10602-9.p.0091

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