1. Styles of Scientific Reasoning as Historiographical Metaphor: A Reply to Martin Kusch -- 2. The Myth of the Framework and the Modes of Thought in Economics -- 3. Historical Epistemology of Ecological Economics and Styles of Economic Reasoning -- 4. The Crisis of the Historical Style of...

This paper asks whether the post-Keynesian or New Keynesian paradigm provides a more realistic description of the effects of fiscal policy on output and consumption. I establish some macro and microeconomic stylized facts on fiscal multipliers and marginal propensities to consume based on the...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Economy of Ancient Greece and the Beginning of Economic Thought -- Chapter 3. The Economy in the Middle Ages -- Chapter 4. Reflections of the Economy in Scholastic Thought -- Chapter 5. The Age of Mercantilism -- Chapter 6. Physiocracy -- Chapter 7. The...