Challenges of doing research in the history of economic thoughtA Latin American perspective

Resumo

The researcher who works on the history of economic thought in Latin America faces three basic challenges, namely: 1) crossing disciplinary boundaries, since the field requires familiarity with neighboring areas of investigation, such as philosophy, sociology, and psychology, among others; 2) recognizing that past is past, that one´s favorite author or school of thought can bring some light to society´s present choices and policies, but, due to their particular context, should not stand as their final arbiter; 3) starting local, becoming universal, i.e, while preserving the universal content of economics, realizing that it must pay due respect to the historical, geographical and institutional diversity of its subject matter.  

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2018

Instituição

Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Economia, Administração, Contabilidade e Atuária

Fonte

Estudos Econômicos

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Não informado

DOI

10.1590/0101-41614821amb

Identificador

oai:revistas.usp.br:article/143890

Licença

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

Palavras-chave

history of economic thoughtLatin America