My paper (with Mary Eschelbach Hansen) “The
historian’s craft and economics” is now available on First View at the Journal of Institutional Economics:
Abstract
History refers both to the past and to the systematic study of
the past. Attempts to make a case for history in economics generally emphasize
the first definition. There are benefits from increased attention to the past.
This paper argues that significant benefits can be gained from increased
attention to the systematic study of the past, the historian's craft. The
essence of the historian's craft is the critical evaluation of sources. Failure
to critically evaluate sources has the potential to lead to erroneous
conclusions, whether one is using historical documents or more recently created
data.
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