Signorino, Rodolfo - In: The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 10 (2003) 2, pp. 329-338
The paper focuses on Blaug's distinction between rational and historical reconstruction within the historiography of economics. Blaug's distinction is shown to be sterile and misleading and his definitions of no avail to clear thinking. Historical reconstruction (as defined by Blaug) is en empty...