Applied history, applied economics, and economic history

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As a new field of academic enquiry, applied history has a unique opportunity to learn lessons from other applied fields. In this essay, we set out how we think applied historians can learn from the mistakes of applied economists and economic policymakers in their use, and abuse, of economic theory and economic history. What we call the New Applied History has the potential to improve the way policymaking is conducted. But only if its practitioners understand the power, and limitations, of theory. We apply our ideas to the case of budgetary policymaking in the United States.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: QUCEH Working Paper Series ; No. 2019-07

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; History of Economic Thought through 1925: Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary ; History of Economic Thought: Macroeconomics ; General Aggregative Models: Keynes; Keynesian; Post-Keynesian ; Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy ; Economic History: Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics; Industrial Structure; Growth; Fluctuations: U.S.; Canada: 1913- ; Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
• Subject: applied history ; budgetary policy

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Colvin, Christopher L. ; Winfree, Paul
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Queen's University Centre for Economic History (QUCEH)
• (where): Belfast
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/204555
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET