The first section of this paper briefly rehearses Wallace's Darwinian credentials. The second section outlines Wallace's deprecatory views of orthodox political economy. The third section considers the suggestion that Wallace, despite these views, was nevertheless an "individualist". The fourth section casts some doubt on the other evidence in favour of a natural selection: political economy connection. The fifth section toucheson the sociology of knowledge issues raised by the case of Alfred Russel Wallace.
Download Info
To our knowledge, this item is not available for
download. To find whether it is available, there are three
options:
1. Check below under "Related research" whether another version of this item is available online.
2. Check on the provider's web page
whether it is in fact available.
3. Perform a search for a similarly titled item that would be
available.
Publisher Info
Paper provided by Tasmania - Department of Economics in its series Papers with number
1999-04.
Find related papers by JEL classification: B15 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional B30 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Thought: Individuals - - - General A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines