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Let me restate that the basis of formalism in economics, as identified by
Karl Polanyi, is axiomatic scarcity. The elegant a priori models are not
possible without this conception of economics. (Plus competition assumption
of course.)
A substantive, institutional, or contextual approach would, as often noted,
trade elegance for historical content.
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ron stanfield
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