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Paul Krugman argues that the unwillingness of mainstream economists to think about what they could not formalize led them to ignore ideas that turn out, in retrospect, to have been very good ones.
Krugman examines the course of economic geography and development theory to shed light on the nature of economic inquiry. He traces how development theory lost its huge initial influence and virtually disappeared from economic discourse after it became clear that many of the theory's main insights could not be clearly modeled.
Economic geography seems to have fared even worse, as economists shied away from grappling with questions about space - such as the size, location, or even existence of cities - because the "terrain was seen as unsuitable for the tools at hand." Krugman's book, however, is not a call to abandon economic modeling. He concludes with a reminder of why insisting on the use of models may be right, even when these sometimes lead economists to overlook good ideas.
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History, Development economics, Economic geography, Économie du développement, Histoire, Géographie économique, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Public Policy, Economic Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, Government & Business, Development, Economic Development, Business Development, Structural Adjustment, General, Ontwikkelingseconomie, Economische geografie, Economic development, Macroeconomics, Landscape & environment - social aspectsShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Development, geography, and economic theory
1997, MIT Press
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026261135X 9780262611350
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-112) and index.
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