IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/ajecsc/v40y1981i4p415-425.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Individualism and Institutionalism Revisited: A Response to Professor Bush

Author

Listed:
  • David W. Seckler

Abstract

. In the book which provoked individualist/institutionalist controversy in several journals, including this one, the author emphasized aspects of “muddled” thinking in the work of Clarence E. Ayres which he believes has brought forth neo‐institutionalist contributions that are a “hodge‐podge.” Neo‐institutionalism, he is convinced, is a form of historicism in Karl R. Popper's terms. Lord Robbins is quoted to prove that individualists do not necessarily espouse laissez‐faire capitalism and extreme income inequality. F. A. Hayek is a conservative but some individualists are socialists. The distinction on which individualists base interpersonal comparisons of utility is not between normative and positive but between science and philosophy; Thorstein Veblen never attempted to build a bridge between science and value. The real issue between individualists and neo‐institutionalists is individualism vs. collectivism.

Suggested Citation

  • David W. Seckler, 1981. "Individualism and Institutionalism Revisited: A Response to Professor Bush," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 40(4), pages 415-425, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:40:y:1981:i:4:p:415-425
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1981.tb01659.x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1536-7150.1981.tb01659.x
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/j.1536-7150.1981.tb01659.x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:40:y:1981:i:4:p:415-425. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0002-9246 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.