Whither the history of economic thought? Going nowhere rather slowly?

European Journal of the History of Economic Thought

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 463-488

  Kurz, Heinz D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Classical economics; Hard science; History of economic thought; Instrumentalism; Intellectual style; New combinations; Recombinant growth; Whig history

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845638729     PISSN: 09672567     EISSN: 14695936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09672560601063929     Document Type: Review

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