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Economics ignores its own intellectual origins

Economics is uniquely self-referential within its own current time, being the only social science that does not relate in a sustained way to its origins (Ricardo, Marx, Smith), unlike jurisprudence or political science which engage with their founding thinkers.

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Branko Milanovic

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it's the only social science that does not really relate in a sustained way with its origins.

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Branko Milanovic on the Big Questions of EconomicsEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:16:00 AM

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