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Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 42 No. 1 1927

Economics as a Field of Research

Allyn A. Young

Harvard University Press

Abstract

I. The social sciences differ from the physical in that the observer's interest lies within them, 1. — The contractual and the institutional views of society, 5. — Corresponding types of investigation, 6. — The genetic point of view, 7. — II. Group research and its promise, 11. — Induction and deduction, 12. — Fruitful hypotheses essential, 14. — Individual research; the constructive imagination, 15. — Promising types of research, 16. — The limitations and promise of research, 23.

DOI
10.2307/1885362
Volume
42
Issue
1
Pages
1
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