Economic Theorizing and Scientific Progress

Since the organization of the American Economic Association thirty years ago, there have been but two of its twenty-five scientific meetings at which one session, at least, has not been devoted to theoretical discussion. This prominence reflects the continuing interest of American economists in soci...

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Published inThe American economic review Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 124 - 139
Main Author Hollander, Jacob H.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Nashville The American Economic Association 01.03.1916
American Economic Association
Subjects
Classical economics
Consumption theories
Economic theory
Inductive reasoning
Inference
Physics
Political economy
Reasoning
Scientific progress
Society
Studies
United States history
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Summary:Since the organization of the American Economic Association thirty years ago, there have been but two of its twenty-five scientific meetings at which one session, at least, has not been devoted to theoretical discussion. This prominence reflects the continuing interest of American economists in social speculation. The conspicuous place of theoretical papers in journal literature, the considerable proportion of expository treatises among formal publications, are counterparts of the same phenomenon.
ISSN:0002-8282
1944-7981