Methodenstreit and Reversal of Economic Policy in Spain during the Crisis of 1880-1890
- Publication type: Journal article
- Journal: Revue d’histoire de la pensée économique
2018 – 2, n° 6. varia - Author: Fernandez (Alexandre)
- Abstract: In the 1880s, the positions of « classical school » (economistas) were undermined. The Krausist tendency, considering economics as a moral science was questioning the neutrality of economy as a pure science and getting inspiration from the German historicist school. In 1891-1892, according to the reversal of commercial policy, President Cánovas intervened directly in the epistemological debate. It was the sign that the Methodenstreit could only be a political debate, instead of an academic one.
- Pages: 15 to 37
- Last edition: 2018
- Journal: Journal of the History of Economic Thought, n° 6
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- ISBN: 978-2-406-08758-8
- ISSN: 2496-4646
- DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-08759-5.p.0015
- Publisher: Classiques Garnier
- Parution date: 12-05-2018
- Periodicity: Biannual
- Language: French
- Keywords: Spanish economists, free-trade, protectionism, historicism, Methodenstreit, “strife over method”