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In Favor of Rigor and Relevance: A Reply to Mark Blaug

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  • Heinz D. Kurz
  • Neri Salvadori

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Mark Blaug has written another paper in which he attacks “Sraffian†economics. He characterizes his piece as “a new version of an earlier effort [that] extends and hopefully deepens the argument.†A careful scrutiny of the paper shows that Blaug reiterates once again his previous criticisms, adds a few new ones, but does not enter into a serious discussion of the replies to his earlier efforts. We provide an overall assessment of Blaug's various attacks on “Sraffians†and draw readers' attention to a significant change in direction in his recent one. In addition, we refute a number of contentions and remarks by Blaug. We conclude with a plea for rigor and relevance.

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  • Heinz D. Kurz & Neri Salvadori, 2011. "In Favor of Rigor and Relevance: A Reply to Mark Blaug," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 43(3), pages 607-616, Fall.
    • Handle: RePEc:hop:hopeec:v:43:y:2011:i:3:p:607-616
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    1. Roger E. Backhouse, 2013. "Understanding Mark Blaug's attitude towards Sraffian economics," Chapters, in: Marcel Boumans & Matthias Klaes (ed.), Mark Blaug: Rebel with Many Causes, chapter 11, pages 146-158, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Kemp-Benedict, Eric, 2014. "A Kaleckian Model with Intermediate Goods," MPRA Paper 57076, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    • B51 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Socialist; Marxian; Sraffian
    • D50 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - General
    • B12 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought through 1925 - - - Classical (includes Adam Smith)
    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • A11 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Role of Economics; Role of Economists

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