Paul Samuelson's Historiography: More Wag Than Whig

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In this review essay of Medema's and Waterman's collection of some of Samuelson's writings in the history of economics, the author argues that Samuelson's claim to have written "Whig History" is spurious. Moreover the author argues that Samuelson's own writings on modern economics are , whether explicit or not, profoundly autobiographical. Samuelson, in constructing a literature ostensibly about c ontemporary economics, was simultaneously constructing a literature in which he and contemporary economics could be jointly considered and appraised.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CHOPE Working Paper ; No. 2015-14

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Paul A. Samuelson ; historiography ; Whig History ; aut obiography ; history of economics

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Weintraub, E. Roy
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Duke University, Center for the History of Political Economy (CHOPE)
• (where): Durham, NC
• (when): 2015

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/149741
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET