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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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