[Selections by Humberto Barreto for SHOE list.]
nep-hpe <http://nep.repec.org/nep-hpe.html> New Economics Papers
<http://nep.repec.org/> on History and Philosophy of Economics
Issue of 2022‒06‒20
papers chosen by
Erik Thomson <http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pth72.htm>
University of Manitoba <http://umanitoba.ca/>
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1. Eugen (Evgeny Evgenievich) Slutsky (1880-1948)
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-4263878346854643951_p1> By
Jean-Sébastien
Lenfant
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Jean-S%C3%A9bastien%20Lenfant>
2. Kenneth Boulding: A Friends' Economist
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-4263878346854643951_p2> By Robert
H. Scott
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Robert%20H.%20Scott>
3. Herbert Simon’s experience at the Cowles Commission (1947–1954)
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-4263878346854643951_p3> By Alexandre
Chirat
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Alexandre%20Chirat>;
Michaël
Assous
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Micha%C3%ABl%20Assous>
; Olivier Brette
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Olivier%20Brette>; Judith
Favereau
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Judith%20Favereau>
4. Christian conception of Natural Law and the moral theory of the State.
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-4263878346854643951_p4> By Osuagwu,
Eze Simpson
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Osuagwu,%20Eze%20Simpson>
5. A Typology of Theoretical Approaches to Innovation
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-4263878346854643951_p7> By Kochetkov,
Dmitry
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Kochetkov,%20Dmitry>
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1. Eugen (Evgeny Evgenievich) Slutsky (1880-1948)
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-03628273>
By: Jean-Sébastien Lenfant
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Jean-S%C3%A9bastien%20Lenfant>
(PRISM
Sorbonne - Pôle de recherche interdisciplinaire en sciences du management -
UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Abstract: Eugen Slutsky is well-known to any graduate student in
economics for two landmark articles and two operational concepts bearing
his name, one in the field of consumer and utility theory ("the Slutsky
equation"), the other in the field of the theory of cycles, introducing
autonomous and exogenous causes in the analysis of macroeconomic
fluctuations ("the Slutsky-Yule effect"). Because of the historical and
political circumstances he had to confront in Ukraine, and then in Russia
and in the U.S.S.R. in the first half of 20th century, Slutsky was
prevented from devoting himself fully to mathematical economics, and he
only published a handful more of articles dealing with economics. Over the
last twenty years, researchers in Europe, Ukraine and Russia have been
involved in making his contributions to mathematics and economics better
known. By now, we get a clearer picture of Slutsky's views on economics and
we know his network of connections with Western scholars who contributed to
draw attention to his work. This essay highlights Slutsky's lasting
importance in economics, focusing on the fate of his major and lesser known
works.
Keywords: Slutsky equation,Economic cycles,Praxeology theory,Utility
Theory
Date: 2021
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-03628273&r=
2. Kenneth Boulding: A Friends' Economist
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03541619>
By: Robert H. Scott
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Robert%20H.%20Scott>
(Monmouth
University)
Abstract: This paper examines Kenneth Boulding's (1910-1993) religious
beliefs and argues he was one of the most prolific religious economists in
the 20 th century. He was an enigmatic economist whose career spanned over
six decades. He helped to establish the field of general systems and
furthered peace studies and conflict and defense. His early work earned him
the John Bates Clark medal in 1949. But behind Boulding's theoretical
economics was a deep religious ideology. Strongly affected by World War I
while growing up in Liverpool, England, Boulding became a lifelong
pacifist. Raised Methodist, Boulding discovered Quakerism in high school.
While Boulding published widely in the field of economics, he also
published almost 100 articles in Quaker journals. Boulding's body of work
in economics and Quakerism led to interesting crosspollination. His work on
peace and conflict and defense were a direct result of his pacifism.
Boulding's work shows deep concern for human betterment and prosperity that
is seeped in his religious principles.
Keywords: human betterment,Kenneth Boulding,pacifism,Quakers,Religious
Society of Friends
Date: 2022
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03541619&r=
3. Herbert Simon’s experience at the Cowles Commission (1947–1954)
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:drm:wpaper:2022-11>
By: Alexandre Chirat
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Alexandre%20Chirat>;
Michaël
Assous
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Micha%C3%ABl%20Assous>
; Olivier Brette
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Olivier%20Brette>; Judith
Favereau
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Judith%20Favereau>
Abstract: Surprisingly Simon’s activities at the Cowles commission
remain largely unexplored; while Simon and the Cowles shared a twofold wish
to operationalize economics and to formalize human decision making. This is
also during his time at the Cowles commission that Simon produces his
emblematic paper formalizing bounded rationality. Furthermore, Simon claims
that his participation at the Cowles was decisive in his awarding of the
Nobel Prize. The aim of the paper is to produce such scrutiny. As such the
claim of the paper is that Simon’s relationship with the Cowles commission
and its members was a bittersweet one. Indeed, such a collaboration started
enthusiastically from both sides and ended surrounded by indifferences. We
offer three explanations to this bittersweet relationship. First, both the
Cowles and Simon shared a wish to formalize decision making problems;
although, they had different conceptions about mathematical tools and the
articulation between theory and empirics. Second, the irreconcilability of
their conception of optimality threatened their common interest in
operational research. Third, and more globally, Simon’s and the Cowles’s
research agendas were not stabilized during this period explaining the
enthusiastic phase as well as the cold one, once these two research agendas
stabilized, but in different directions. The paper distinguishes four
periods from 1947 to 1954 during Simon’s time at the Cowles. Each section
of the paper deals in turn with one of these four periods.
Keywords: Simon – Cowles Commission – Rationality – Optimization – Models
JEL: B21 B40 C61 D01 D81
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=B21%20B40%20C61%20D01%20D81>
Date: 2022
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:drm:wpaper:2022-11&r=
4. Christian conception of Natural Law and the moral theory of the State.
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:112999>
By: Osuagwu, Eze Simpson
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Osuagwu,%20Eze%20Simpson>
Abstract: This paper argues that the Christian conception of Natural law
is indispensable for the understanding of a coherent moral theory of the
State. The paper discusses the Christian conception of Natural Law with a
view to understanding a philosophical link with the moral theory of the
State. The paper reveals that from the classical era of Plato and Aristotle
through the medieval times of Thomas Aquinas, Natural law has been
conceived to be divine. However, following the protestant reforms of Martin
Luther and Richard Hooker through the early modern natural law theorists
inclined to the social contract, the concept of natural law has been
interpreted to mean a theory that runs contrary to the existence of written
laws and as such needs to be modified to be accepted as a code of conduct
for society. The paper concludes that the perceived influence of Natural
Law on positive or coded law is rooted in conscience, which as Thomas
Aquinas pointed out is based on reason or synderesis.
Keywords: Natural Law; Moral Theory; Public Policy; Christian Kingship;
Religious Reformation
JEL: Z1 Z12 Z18
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=Z1%20Z12%20Z18>
Date: 2021–01
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:112999&r=
5. A Typology of Theoretical Approaches to Innovation
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:osf:socarx:pv4zg>
By: Kochetkov, Dmitry
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Kochetkov,%20Dmitry>
Abstract: Innovation is often perceived as an object of study in
economics and management. However, the social and behavioural aspects of
innovation acceptance are as important as the economics of the new product
development. Based on the interdisciplinary perspective, the authors
formulated their own definition of innovation for the purposes of this
study. The authors consider innovation as a change in the way social action
is conducted, entailing a wide range of social, economic, behavioural, and
institutional changes. The variety of approaches gives rise to the need for
a typology. J. Sundbo (1998) divided innovation into three groups depending
on the aspect of the phenomenon: the theory of entrepreneurship;
technological and social aspects; and the strategic aspect. Adopting the
Sundbo conceptual framework, the authors supplemented and developed it
based on the literature that appeared after 1998. The authors also added
new directions at the second level of decomposition and the relationship
between different aspects of innovation. In particular, attention was paid
to such phenomena as open innovation, agile innovation, “helix” models,
etc. Thus, the authors have developed a novel typology of innovations,
which expands the theoretical knowledge in this field.
Date: 2022–05–09
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:pv4zg&r=
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