The Historicity of Economics Continuities and Discontinuities of Historical Thought in 19th and 20th Century Economics

In this volume, continuities and discontinuities between Historical School of Economics and Old Institutional Economics are examined with regard to common research objectives and methods. Similarly, those between these two economic movements and New Institutional Economics as well as new economic sociology are discussed. The following questions functioned as a guideline for the contributing economists, sociologists, historians, and philosophers: Can we meaningfully speak of the Historical School of Economics (HSE) as an economic research program? What are the commonalities between the HSE and American old economic institutionalism? Does the HSE represent a part of the "lost anteroom" of New Institutional Economics and new economic sociology? How and why should the HSE matter to how we do economic and social theory today?

History Matters: From Historical Economics to Modern Institutionalism.- 1 The German Historical School of Economics: What It Was Not, and What It Was.- Commentary.- Commentary.- 2 Grand Historical Narrative or Intellectual Strategy: The Institutional Establishment of the Historical School of Political Economy in the 19th Century.- Commentary.- Commentary.- 3 Institutional Economics and the Problem of Historical Specificity.- Commentary.- Commentary.- 4 Economics as Ethical Economy and Cultural Economics in the Historical School.- Commentary.- 5 What Can New Economic Sociology Learn From the Historical School, especially Max Weber?.- Commentary.- Commentary.- 6 The Role of Culture in Economic Theorizing and Empirical Economic Research.- Commentary.- List of Authors and Discussants.- Index of Names.