An anatomy of authority: Adam Smith as political theorist
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Adam Smith's views are reconstructed on authority, which arises ironically from the desire to attain a high station in life. Smith's theory challenges liberal political theory and the traditionalist political theory that deposits authority in the hands of selected guardians as vicarious sympathy gives rise to status and when combined with utility would give rise to political allegiance.
Publication Name: Cambridge Journal of Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0309-166X
Year: 2005
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The unreasonable ineffectiveness of mathematics in economics
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The using of mathematical principles in economics is criticized and it's ineffectuality in economics is discussed.
Publication Name: Cambridge Journal of Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0309-166X
Year: 2005
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Is there redemption for conventions?
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New methods to convention theory are examined.
Publication Name: Cambridge Journal of Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0309-166X
Year: 2005
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