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Economia politica: impostazioni a confronto

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  • Alessandro Roncaglia

    (Sapienza Università di Roma)

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The article comments on the contributions by Aldo Montesano and Roberto Cellini in this number, in particular focussing on the evolution of economic thought and the changing definitions of economics and of political economy. It is here argued that the historical evolution of the discipline should induce economists to abstain from providing a precise definition of their science; and this conclusion is reinforced by the observation that contrasting assessments of the discipline and of its content matter make such a definition even more problematic. The article argues that economists even disagree on what Schumpeter called the pre-analytical vision of society and the economy, and it is therefore obvious that they developed alternative definitions of what economics is.

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  • Alessandro Roncaglia, 2012. "Economia politica: impostazioni a confronto," Moneta e Credito, Economia civile, vol. 65(259), pages 229-241.
    • Handle: RePEc:psl:moneta:2012:34
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    1. Giulio Guarini, 2018. "Note bibliografiche: Corsi M., Kregel J., D'Ippoliti C. (a cura di) (2018), Classical Economics Today. Essays in Honor of Alessandro Roncaglia, London: Anthem Press, pp. 274," Moneta e Credito, Economia civile, vol. 71(284), pages 397-402.

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    Keywords

    Definition of economics; history of economic thought; schools of economics;
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    JEL classification:

    • A13 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Social Values
    • B00 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - General - - - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches
    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines

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