Philosophy and Methodology

I propose to confine the present examination of Professor O'Neill's book to one central topic, likely to be one of interest to readers of the Quarterly Journal.

William Barnett’s critique of mathematics in economic analysis, “Dimensions and Economics: Some Problems,” claims that economics almost always uses functions and equations without paying any attention

In contemporary economic theory, and especially in macroeconomics, expectations are being given a central place. There is virtually no economic model that does not examine how, within a dynamic perspective,

This paper is about the alleged tension between methodological individualism and evolutionary ideas in the work of Friedrich Hayek.

There exists today in Anglo-American economics a veritable “conspiracy of silence” regarding the works and achievements of the French L

In an article on Ludwig von Mises,’ Professor R. A.

Mention the name of Herbert Spencer to the average person and, if he is familiar with it at all, he is likely to say that Spencer was a political t

Although ethical systems may be divided into those which claim to be objective and those which freely acknowledge their own subjectivity, a special

One of the most important areas in which Cantillon influenced J. B.

To state with precision and force the economic and moral imperative of the free market has been of the utmost concern to some of civilization&#8217