First published 1890

"The Historical vs. the Deductive Method in Political Economy"

Name: "The Historical vs. the Deductive Method in Political Economy"
Author: Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science , vol. 1, 1890; and Classics in Austrian Economics , Volume 1: The Founding Era, Israel M. Kirzner, ed., London: William Pickering, 1994, pp. 108-129.Updated June 29, 2010

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Author: Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
First published: 1890
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Austrian theory & method

Böhm-Bawerk's defense of the deductive method in economic theory against the historical school approach, examining fundamental questions of economic methodology.

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Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk 1851–1914

Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851–1914) was an Austrian economist, professor at the University of Vienna, and three-time Austrian finance minister. Read more about Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk.

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