Causal laws, functional relations and tendencies
(2001)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2001). Causal laws, functional relations and tendencies. Review of Political Economy, 13(2), 201-220. https://doi.org/10.1080/09538250120036646
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What Kind of Theory is Marx's Labour Theory of Value? A Critical Realist Inquiry (2001)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (2001). What Kind of Theory is Marx's Labour Theory of Value? A Critical Realist Inquiry. Capital and Class, 25(1), 41-77. https://doi.org/10.1177/030981680107300104This paper uses critical realism to reflect upon the issue of theory in Marx's Labour Theory of Value (LTV). Like any theory, the LTV is rooted in a mode of theorisation. Rooting the LTV in an inappropriate (deductivist) mode of theorisation encourag... Read More about What Kind of Theory is Marx's Labour Theory of Value? A Critical Realist Inquiry.
The inadequacy of mainstream theories of trade union behaviour (1999)
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Fleetwood, S. (1999). The inadequacy of mainstream theories of trade union behaviour. LABOUR, 13(2), 445-480. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9914.00103This paper identifies four criteria used by mainstream economists of trade unions to judge the adequacy of their various theories. Three of them, however, are hardly ever satisfied. The root cause of this failure is the method adopted by mainstream e... Read More about The inadequacy of mainstream theories of trade union behaviour.
Aristotle in the 21st Century (1997)
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Fleetwood, S. (1997). Aristotle in the 21st Century. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 21(6), 729-744
Situating critical realism in economics (1997)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (1997). Situating critical realism in economics
Order without equilibrium: A critical realist interpretation of Hayek's notion of spontaneous order (1996)
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Fleetwood, S. (1996). Order without equilibrium: A critical realist interpretation of Hayek's notion of spontaneous order. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 20(6), 729-747