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In the last period of his professional life Mark Blaug (1927-2011) repeatedly intervened with a series of papers characterised by a critical attitude towards both Whig history and the formalist turn in modern economics. At the same time, however, he never abandoned his long standing commitment...
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From a number of encyclopaedic entries (Economic methodology, Methodological pluralism, Economic “laws”, Economic models, Microeconomics, Utility) it should emerge the peculiar status of “laws” and “models” in economics.
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The practice of dynamic pricing, so typical of low cost carriers, is generally regarded as a form of price discrimination between "leisure" and "business" travellers on the single flight or on the single route. Across different routes, however, things may go differently. If price increases in...
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È argomento da tempo controverso se la dimensione “politica” dell’economia possa sopravvivere alla richiesta di rigore teorico e di adeguata formalizzazione matematica dei propri modelli. Talvolta sembra quasi ci si debba rassegnare ad avere una “scienza naturale” senza...
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Many different carriers operating on the same route is usually regarded as a signal of a competitive setting and, therefore, as a situation potentially beneficial for customers in terms of lower prices. This is obviously true if the argument involves a comparison between different market forms...
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A recent exchange between the late Mark Blaug and Heinz Kurz and Neri Salvadori on the relevance of Sraffian economics (and a significant amount of more orthodox approaches, for that matter) does not seem to offer conclusive arguments, mainly because both contenders share some outmoded...
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This collection of eminent contributions discusses the ideas and works of Mark Blaug, who has made important and often pioneering contributions to economic history, economic methodology, the economics of education, development economics, cultural economics, economic theory and the history of...
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