The ideologies of positive economics: Technocracy, laissez-faire, and the tensions of Friedman's methodological claims
(2015)
Journal Article
Rugitsky, F. (2015). The ideologies of positive economics: Technocracy, laissez-faire, and the tensions of Friedman's methodological claims. Estudos Econômicos (São Paulo), 45(3), 499-525. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-416145342fmr
The purpose of this paper is to address some connections between Milton Friedman's classic essay on methodology and the rise of neoliberal thinking. In order to do so, it briefly reconstructs Friedman's methodological claims and reinterprets the deba... Read More about The ideologies of positive economics: Technocracy, laissez-faire, and the tensions of Friedman's methodological claims.