How Economics Forgot History: The Problem of Historical Specificity in Social Science

by Geoffrey M. Hodgson

Hodgson calls into question the tendency of economic method to explain all economic phenomena using the same catch-all theories. He argues that you need different theories and that historical contexts must be taken into account.

Genres: Economics, History, Philosophy, Nonfiction

444 pages, Paperback

First published August 23, 2001

Reviews

[Travis]

The last piece of my current project on Economic Thought.