Journal article

Authors list: HUTHER, M

Publication year: 1992

Pages: 119-133

Journal: Journal of Economics and Statistics

Volume number: 209

Issue number: 1-2

ISSN: 0021-4027

Publisher: De Gruyter Brill

Abstract: 
The accelerating change of our civilisation narrows the dimensions of life we control, which results in a "progressive shrinkage of the present". As our scope of action changes, our future becomes increasingly open and hardly predictable. Is Stigler right in claiming that "if problems of economic life changed frequently and radically ... there could not be a science of economics"? This article deals with the significance the "progressive shrinkage of the present" has for economic theory and shows that combining Economic History and the History of Economics there could be a science of economics.

Harvard Citation style: HUTHER, M. (1992) ECONOMICS AND PROGRESSIVE SHRINKAGE OF THE PRESENT - THOUGHTS ON A MODERN ARGUMENT FOR SELF-REFLECTION IN ECONOMICS, Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik - Journal of Economics and Statistics, 209(1-2), pp. 119-133

APA Citation style: HUTHER, M. (1992). ECONOMICS AND PROGRESSIVE SHRINKAGE OF THE PRESENT - THOUGHTS ON A MODERN ARGUMENT FOR SELF-REFLECTION IN ECONOMICS. Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik - Journal of Economics and Statistics. 209(1-2), 119-133.