Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

25 p.

Publication Date

Fall 2012

Publisher

Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics

Source Publication

Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics

Source ISSN

1876-9098

Abstract

In this interview, Professor Davis discusses the evolution of his career and research interests as a philosopher-economist and gives his perspective on a number of important issues in the field. He argues that historians and methodologists of economics should be engaged in the practice of economics, and that historians should be more open to philosophical analysis of the content of economic ideas. He suggests that the history of recent economics is a particularly fruitful and important area for research exactly because it is an open-ended story that is very relevant to understanding the underlying concerns and concepts of contemporary economics. He discusses his engagement with heterodox economics schools, and their engagement with a rapidly changing mainstream economics. He argues that the theory of the individual is “the central philosophical issue in economics” and discusses his extensive contributions to the issue.

Comments

Published version. Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Autumn 2012): 81-105. Publisher Link. Copyright over all articles remains with the Wells, Thomas and David, John and so they are free to share and place on ePublications@Marqutte the complete published version of their article.

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