Thought Experiments, Counterfactuals and Comparative Analysis
Auteur : Paul Dragos Aligica, Anthony J. Evans
Date de publication : 2010
Éditeur : SSRN
Nombre de pages : 15
Résumé du livre
This article discusses the problem of "thought experiments" in Austrian economics and takes as a starting point Lawrence Moss' argument on the divide between the older Austrian economists - for whom thought experiments were crucial - and the new generation that, in Moss' view, has "abandoned" such methods. The article is an attempt not only to bridge this alleged divide but also to contribute to the development of the Austrian methodology.