Methodological Institutionalism: A New Approach to the Evolution of Economic Science

2008 ◽  
pp. 90-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Frolov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Thought ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Evolutionary Analysis ◽  
Scientific Communities ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Scientific Cognition ◽  
Norms And Values ◽  
History Of ◽  
Institutional Traps

In the article the perspective approach in philosophy of science - methodological institutionalism - is discussed which regards economic ideas as scientific and ideological institutions. This approach allows to apply tools of modern institutional theory to the history of economic thought. The evolutionary analysis of science should put an emphasis on studying status interests of scientists, local rationalities and informal hierarchies of scientific communities, informal norms and values, epistemological institutional "traps" and models of scientific cognition.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corey Tazzara
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Commodity Market ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Scientific Communities ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

Tuscany of the mid-seventeenth century was renowned for its luxury crafts and had one of the most vibrant scientific communities in Europe. The Medici family presided over a state whose political stability astonished contemporaries, in which wise rule and good fortune had spared their subjects the worst ravages associated with the Thirty Years' War. The city of Livorno was the Medici state’s greatest prize and the most innovative port in Italy. The introduction examines the development of Livorno and other free ports in three registers: as part of the Italian response to the rise of the Atlantic world; as implicated in the creation of a new kind of commodity market; and as a neglected problem in the history of economic thought. It suggests that free ports should be central to our interpretation of economic change in early modern Europe and the Mediterranean.

Structuralism and the search for truth (On the book "Origins: Qualitative changes in economic reality and economic science")

2016 ◽  
pp. 141-149
Author(s):  
P. Orekhovsky
Keyword(s):  
Economic History ◽  
Logical Empiricism ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Economic Methodology ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
True Theory ◽  
History Of ◽  
Economic Reality ◽  
Qualitative Changes

This review of the almanakh Istoki (Origins) traces the discussions between well-known economists happening both within and between various parts of the book. These different positions in macroeconomics, economic methodology, history of economic thought and economic history demonstrate the multidimensionality of the book prompting its readers to abandon logical empiricism and belief that there is a single "true" theory.

scholarly journals Un paseo por la literatura sobre capital social desde una perspectiva económica

2011 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-475 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Felis-Rota
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
Microeconomic Foundations

AbstractThis essay considers the literature on the topic of social capital in relation to the economic science, and opens new perspectives of research in this area. This essay starts with a walk through the history of economic thought that has influenced social capital literature. Afterwards, the reader will find a discussion on different perspectives of research that have been followed up to now and some others in relation with the microeconomic foundations of the concept of social capital, and its connexion with economic growth and finance.

scholarly journals Economic Thought of the Pribuzhie Region: Belarus and Poland

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
Aliaksandr V. Charnavalau ◽  
Marek Kuźmicki ◽  
Adrian Grzegorzewski
Keyword(s):  
Economic Education ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Economic Science ◽  
The Past ◽  
Economic Methods ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Perspective

Abstract Summary Subject and purpose of work: The article describes a new subject of research into the history of economic thought, the international Pribuzhie region. The article discusses the history of the rise and development of economic science in the Pribuzhie region from the 8th to the 21st century, which is the subject of research. The aim of the article is to present a new perspective on the subject of research as well as the characteristics of the process of economic science in the Pribuzhie region. Materials and methods: The article uses a conventional method, which is a collection of historical, philosophical and economic methods of cognition, on the basis of which, in the context of a scientific program, the past of economic thought and relevant doctrines are examined, and their content is described. Results: The various historical stages in the development of the economic thought of the Pribuzhie region are described, as well as new, unpublished facts relating to individual economic doctrines. Conclusions: Political activity and public administration activities should involve economic education, which defines the essence of economic policy, its objectives and ways of realization in the practical sphere.

How Homo economicus lost her mind and how we can revive her

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter DeScioli
Keyword(s):  
Economic Thought ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Homo Economicus ◽  
Economic Theories ◽  
Target Article ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Mind ◽  
And Behavior

AbstractThe target article by Boyer & Petersen (B&P) contributes a vital message: that people have folk economic theories that shape their thoughts and behavior in the marketplace. This message is all the more important because, in the history of economic thought, Homo economicus was increasingly stripped of mental capacities. Intuitive theories can help restore the mind of Homo economicus.

Essays of a “comparatively progressive” economist (On the 150th birth anniversary of Vladimir Geleznoff)

2019 ◽  
pp. 135-145
Author(s):  
Viktor A. Popov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
The Political ◽  
Russian History ◽  
Working Ability ◽  
Intellectual Inquiry ◽  
History Of

Deep comprehension of the advanced economic theory, the talent of lecturer enforced by the outstanding working ability forwarded Vladimir Geleznoff scarcely at the end of his thirties to prepare the publication of “The essays of the political economy” (1898). The subsequent publishing success (8 editions in Russia, the 1918­-year edition in Germany) sufficiently demonstrates that Geleznoff well succeded in meeting the intellectual inquiry of the cross­road epoch of the Russian history and by that taking the worthful place in the history of economic thought in Russia. Being an acknowledged historian of science V. Geleznoff was the first and up to now one of the few to demonstrate the worldwide community of economists the theoretically saturated view of Russian economic thought in its most fruitful period (end of XIX — first quarter of XX century).

Thorstein Veblen: A View from the 21st Century

2007 ◽  
pp. 73-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nureev
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
History Of Economic Thought ◽  
Thorstein Veblen ◽  
History Of

The article provides a description of T. Veblen’s views, showing his place in the history of economic thought. The author analyzes the context of Veblen’s life and work and considers different aspects of his theoretical legacy. Special attention is paid to the discussion of Veblen’s role in the development of institutional economics. The author describes in detail the main trends in the development of institutionalism after Veblen.

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