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Recently I have seen postings by several historians of economic thought
referring to some ideas as "constructivist" and "constructivism", and
some people as "constructivists." A quick library search has unearthed
quite a lot of old material on "constructivism" as a movement in art and
architecture, and a new literature on a different sort of "constructivism"
in education and social work. The art and architecture material all seems
to link back to 1920s Soviet writings.
Would anyone in HES care to define "constructivism" as applied to
economics, and (if possible) give some references to books and articles
which discuss the origins and development of constructivist thought? It
would be interesting to locate statements of constructivist ideas by
advocates, as well as critiques of constructivism.
Ray Bromley
The University at Albany - SUNY
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