Economic history, economic theory and applied economics

Vol. 12 No. 3 (1992)

Jul-Sep / 1992
Published July 1, 1992
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Szmrecsányi, Tamás. 1992. “Economic History, Economic Theory and Applied Economics”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 12 (3):448-55. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31571992-0574.
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Economic history, economic theory and applied economics

Tamás Szmrecsányi
Do Departamento de Política Cientifica e Tecnológica do Instituto de Geociências da Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas/SP, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 12 No. 3 (1992), Jul-Sep / 1992, Pages 448-455

Abstract

This note deals with the importance of economic history in the making of an
economist. With the help of great professionals of the past, notably Schumpeter and Kula,
the paper shows that without great understanding of the past there can be no consistent
analysis of present (and future) economic factors.

JEL Classification: B20; B41; A22.


Keywords: History of economic thought economic methodology teaching of economics