... . © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Martin Wolf Globalization Economics Philosophy Review Wolf believes that some of the critics' complaints against globalization are misplaced. For instance, the criticism that at least in terms of trade, “the treatment of developing...

... economic philosophy can contribute to the understanding of Gulliver’s Travels, and what economists can learn from Swift’s extravagant digressions. Capital punishment is also recommended to fraudulent individuals because honest people are defenseless against fraud, whereas prudence...

...Thomas Szira After having summarized the connections with psychology, philosophy and history, the conclusion of the article is that the application of mathematical models in economics is permissible only in cases when the authors display clearly the time and space limits and other conditions...

... the “Keynesian” view of the Methodenstreitdeclares the philosophy of science as irrelevant and pointless. However, it can be shown that this view is based on a misapprehension of the philosophical problems involved. For instance, it is interesting to note that Keynes derives his classification...

... Economic theory History Philosophy A study of the theory of Wilhelm Roscher, the founder of the historical school of economics, would nowadays find it rather difficult to prove its “modern” character. Roscher′s construction of a historical method included such normative and cognitive argumentation...

...”) between the German states, and the building of new infrastructure, especially railways, were to improve prospects. List vigorously propagated these ideas (List, 1841, pp. 11, 155). List seized every opportunity to present his philosophy of productive forces as an alternative to that of the school...