More Heat Than Light. Economics as Social Physics: Physics as Nature's Economics.
- R. Backhouse, Philip Mirowski
- Physics
- 1 November 1991
Equilibrium and evolution : an exploration of connecting principles in economics
- R. Backhouse, B. Loasby
- Economics
- 1 May 1994
Economic theory and economic problems the organization of knowledge economic organization firms markets innovation.
Secular stagnation: The history of a macroeconomic heresy
- R. Backhouse, M. Boianovsky
- Economics
- 5 May 2015
Abstract The paper presents a history of the concept of “secular stagnation”, from Alvin Hansen in the 1930s and 1940s to its recent revival by Larry Summers. We examine Hansen's ideas and those of…
The Transformation of U.S. Economics, 1920–1960, Viewed through a Survey of Journal Articles
- R. Backhouse
- Economics
- 1998
A History Of Modern Economic Analysis
- R. Backhouse
- Economics
- 1985
Defining Economics: The Long Road to Acceptance of the Robbins Definition
- R. Backhouse, Steven G. Medema
- Sociology
- 1 October 2009
fields. Though often presented as self-evidently correct, both the definition itself and the developments that it has been used to support were keenly contested. This paper traces the reception,…
Transforming Modern Macroeconomics: Exploring Disequilibrium Microfoundations, 1956-2003
- R. Backhouse, M. Boianovsky
- Economics
- 12 November 2012
1. Introduction 2. Macroeconomics after Keynes 3. Don Patinkin and the neoclassical synthesis 4. Clower, Leijonhufvud and the re-appraisal of Keynesian economics 5. Macroeconomics with slow price…
The Penguin History of Economics
- R. Backhouse
- Economics, History
- 2002
Part 1 The ancient world: Homer and Hesiod estate management - Xenophon's "Oikonomikos" Plato's ideal state Aristotle on justice and exchange Aristotle and the acquisition of wealth Rome conclusions.…
If Mathematics is Informal, Then Perhaps we Should Accept That Economics Must be Informal Too
- R. Backhouse
- Economics
- 1 November 1998
Discussions of formalism in economics are bedevilled by confusion over what the word means. Though finer distinctions may be possible, it will suffice to distinguish three meanings of the term, which…
The Ordinary Business of Life: A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century
- R. Backhouse
- Economics, History
- 2002
In some of Western culture's earliest writings, Hesiod defined the basic economic problem as one of scarce resources, a view still held by most economists. Diocletian tried to save the falling Roman…
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