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Introduction: History and Vision in Economics

In: Economics as Worldly Philosophy

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  • Edward J. Nell

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In a famous essay a few years ago, at a time when her admirers had perhaps hoped for answers, Joan Robinson asked instead, ‘What Are the Questions?’ Her list provided a catalogue of the ills of economics: unsatisfactory definitions at the heart of the subject — in regard to equilibrium, production, and the firm; inappropriate methodology for considering time and history; confused and unsatisfactory theories of capital, distribution, prices, growth and trade; ideology rather than analysis guiding policy; and, above all, no clear idea of what it is all about — no adequate answer to the question, what is more wealth for?

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  • Edward J. Nell, 1993. "Introduction: History and Vision in Economics," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Ron Blackwell & Jaspal Chatha & Edward J. Nell (ed.), Economics as Worldly Philosophy, chapter 1, pages 1-11, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-22572-9_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22572-9_1
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