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In arguably his most important book to date, Hodgson calls into question the tendency of economic method to try and explain all economic phenomena by using the same catch-all theories and dealing in universal truths. He argues that you need different theories to analyze different economic phenomena and systems and that historical context must be taken into account.Hodgson argues that the German Historical School was key in laying the foundations for the work of the pioneer institutional economists, who themselves are gaining currency today; and that the growing interest in this school
In: Economics as social theory
In: Economics as social theory
In: Economics as social theory
In: Economics as social theory
In: Economics as social theory
part Part I INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 THE LIMITATIONS OF GENERAL THEORY -- chapter 2 The problem of historical specificity -- part Part II THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- The German historical school and its impact -- chapter 3 Karl Marx and the specificity of the capitalist system -- chapter 4 THE OLDER HISTORICAL SCHOOL IN GERMANY -- chapter 5 THE HISTORICAL SCHOOL IN THE BRITISH ISLES -- chapter 6 THE METHODOLOGICAL FAILURE OF THE OLDER HISTORICAL SCHOOL -- chapter 7 OUT OF AUSTRIA -- Carl Menger and the Methodenstreit -- chapter 8 ALFRED MARSHALL AND THE BRITISH METHODENDISKURS -- chapter 9 THE RESPONSES OF THE YOUNGER HISTORICAL SCHOOL IN GERMANY -- part Part III THE TWENTIETH CENTURY -- From American institutionalism to the end of history -- chapter 10 THORSTEIN VEBLEN AND THE FOUNDATIONS OF INSTITUTIONALISM -- chapter 11 Early American institutionalism and the problem of historical specificity -- chapter 12 THE THEORETICAL MANIFESTO OF JOHN COMMONS -- chapter 13 TALCOTT PARSONS AND THE ASCENT OF AHISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY -- chapter 14 DEATH AND COUNTER-REVOLUTION AT THE LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS -- chapter 15 JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES AND HIS DECLARATION OF A GENERAL THEORY -- chapter 16 THE TRIUMPH OF BARREN UNIVERSALITY -- chapter 17 INSTITUTION BLINDNESS AND THE END OF HISTORY -- part PART IV The millennium: the second coming of history? -- chapter 18 ARE THERE UNIVERSALS IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC THEORY? -- chapter 19 PROPERTY, CULTURE, HABITS AND INSTITUTIONS -- chapter 20 EXCHANGE AND PRODUCTION -- Property and rms -- chapter 21 A NOTE ON SOCIAL FORMATIONS AND LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION -- chapter 22 AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE ON THE HISTORICAL PROBLEM -- chapter 23 INVENTION IS HELPLESS WITHOUT TRADITION.
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