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Does progress matter?

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This paper, presented as an addresss to the Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of Economic Thought, argues that writing history may be more interesting if progress is not made the leitmotif. Starting from an examination of early causal accounts of the history of political economy, written in the ninteenth century by Marx, Toynbee, Ingram and Leslie, a plea is made for narratives rather than explanations. Consistent with the former historians of economic thought this may be perceived as eavesdropping on conversations of the past. To understand the richness of these conversations they need to perceive their work not just as a sub-discipline of economics but in a wider interdisciplinary setting.

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  • Donald Winch, 2000. "Does progress matter?," The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 7(4), pages 465-484.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eujhet:v:7:y:2000:i:4:p:465-484
    DOI: 10.1080/09672560050210070
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    1. N. B. de Marchi, 1972. "Mill and Cairnes and the Emergence of Marginalism in England," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 4(2), pages 344-363, Fall.
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    Progress Historiography Meta-HISTORY;

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