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Economic history, economic theory and applied economics

ABSTRACT

This note deals with the importance of economic history in the making of an economist. With the help of great professionals of the past, notably Schumpeter and Kula, the paper shows that without great understanding of the past there can be no consistent analysis of present (and future) economic factors.

KEYWORDS:
History of economic thought; economic methodology; teaching of economics

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