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Frank Knight's dissent from progressive social science

In: Economics and its Discontents

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  • Ross B. Emmett

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In Economics and its Discontents each chapter explains what it means to be a dissenting economist and examines how and why the work of the featured economist constitutes dissent. It demonstrates that dissent in the profession extends beyond ideology and that dissenters can come from radical, liberal or conservative backgrounds. Dissent is considered in many respects, including how economics is taught, the methodology of economic analysis, the lack of attention economists pay to the real world behaviour of individuals, the narrow and limited assumptions made by economists, the inappropriate attempt of economics to dominate all social sciences, and the policy conclusions reached by standard economic analysis. The dissenters featured in this book suggest that there is a better way to do economics, and a better way to be an economist, and each has helped keep economics honest by constantly questioning traditional thinking. This book salutes and celebrates these dissenters who exemplify the very best of the discipline. If economics is again to be a respected field and a highly regarded profession, we must look to these dissenters to point the way forward.

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  • Ross B. Emmett, 1998. "Frank Knight's dissent from progressive social science," Chapters, in: Richard P.F. Holt & Steven Pressman (ed.), Economics and its Discontents, chapter 10, pages 153-164, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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