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Serving the Institute and the Discipline: The Changing Profile of Economics at MIT as Viewed from Textbooks

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In recent years there has been a growing interest in history of science in the study of textbooks and their multiple roles for the contemporary history of science. In this text we look at MIT economics by exploring the role of textbooks in consolidation of the department’s position internally (within MIT) and externally (among other economics departments). We analyze the contribution of economists associated with MIT to the production of textbooks in economics and identify certain characteristics that help us to better understand the perceptions about this department and its role in the evolution of economics in the second half of the twentieth century.

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  • Pedro Teixeira, 2014. "Serving the Institute and the Discipline: The Changing Profile of Economics at MIT as Viewed from Textbooks," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 46(5), pages 153-174, Supplemen.
    • Handle: RePEc:hop:hopeec:v:46:y:2014:i:5:p:153-174
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    1. Matheus Assaf, 2017. "Coast to Coast: How MIT's students linked the Solow model and optimal growth theory," Working Papers, Department of Economics 2017_20, University of São Paulo (FEA-USP).
    2. Giraud, Yann, 2018. "Textbooks in the Historiography of Recent Economics," SocArXiv j9tkf, Center for Open Science.

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