Making Up History: A Comment on Pratten

dc.contributor.author	Weintraub, E Roy	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2010-03-09T15:42:51Z
dc.date.available	2010-03-09T15:42:51Z
dc.date.issued	2004	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10161/2053
dc.description.abstract	atten's critique of mathematical formalism in the discipline of economics does not provide an adequate definition of formalism and his use of the term bears little resemblance to common mathematical usage. Furthermore, Pratten abuses the history of economics by inventing an imaginary tradition of opposition to formalism among Cambridge economists.	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	SSRN eLibrary	en_US
dc.subject	mathematical formalism	en_US
dc.title	Making Up History: A Comment on Pratten	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article	en_US
dc.department	Economics