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Are there Limits to the Past in the History of Economic Thought?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 June 2009

S. Todd Lowry
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When I first began the serious study of the history of economic thought, my presumption was that one should always start at the beginning. This was some thirty-five years ago and I have been finding so much interesting material that I have had a hard time getting past Adam Smith. The search for the beginning, of course, led me to the question of what do we mean by economic thought and how do we define it for the purpose of identifying its origin?.

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Journal of the History of Economic Thought , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , Fall 1991 , pp. 134 - 143
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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