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Logic, Politics and Economics—A Brief History of Political Economy

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Logical thinking plays a crucial role in any scientific discipline. Economics is no exception. However, the function of logic in economics has been downplayed during the econometricalization or empiricalization in recent decades. This chapter briefly reviews the history of economics and discusses the role of logic in the past, present and future economic development.

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Meng, S. (2019). Logic, Politics and Economics—A Brief History of Political Economy. In: Patentism Replacing Capitalism. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12247-8_2

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