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Economics is a serious and difficult subject : paper prepared for Conference at EIPE, Rotterdam, December 10-11, 2010

Backhouse, Roger (contributor) - Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics - In: The journal of economic methodology 19 (2012) 3, pp. 231-241

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Hans Apel, Samuelson's Economics and Academic Freedom, 1950-57

Backhouse, Roger - Department of Economics, University of Birmingham - 2014

This paper presents the story of the attempts made by Hans Apel, after a Professor at Bridgeport University, to defend academic freedom through strengthening the right of instructors to choose their own textbooks. The story began when his university was attacked and threatened with losing...

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History of economics, economics and economic history in Britain, 1824 - 2000

Backhouse, Roger - In: The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 11 (2004) 1, pp. 107-127

between the disciplines of economics and economic history. The most important period was the late nineteenth century when … recognizable field within economics, it was progressively marginalized within the broader profession. …

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