Contextual history, practitioner history, and classic status: Reading Jacob Viner's the customs union issue
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Oslington, Paul. (2013). Contextual history, practitioner history, and classic status: Reading Jacob Viner's the customs union issue. Journal of the History of Economic Thought. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1053837213000308
Authors | Oslington, Paul |
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Abstract | Jacob Viner’s The Customs Union Issue, published in 1950, is the one undeniable classic in its field. The first part of this paper traces the development of Viner’s thinking on preferential trading arrangements, places his work in context, and clarifies his position on disputed issues. The second part considers the reception of his work, from the enthusiastic early reviewers to the international economists who further developed the theory of customs unions, to contemporary practitioners. While practitioners consistently misread Viner, these misreadings were scientifically fruitful, and there are reasons why fruitful science might flow from poor contextual history. Among contemporary international economists, the book has become a classic, marking off and justifying a field of enquiry. |
Year | 2013 |
Journal | Journal of the History of Economic Thought |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/S1053837213000308 |
Research Group | Peter Faber Business School |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8q9v1/contextual-history-practitioner-history-and-classic-status-reading-jacob-viner-s-the-customs-union-issue
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