Two themes of the highest practical consequence are convincingly argued and illustrated in Hutchison's book ["The Politics and Philosophy of Economics" by T.W. Hutchison, Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1981]. One is the need to treat economic history as our chief source of instruction and understanding. The other is the need to make case studies, rather than allegedly 'general' theories, the vehicle of our thought.GLS Shackle (1983) "The Politics and Philosophy of Economics" The Economic Journal 93(369):223-224
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