voprecotestВопросы экономикиVoprosy Ekonomiki0042-8736Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP10.32609/0042-8736-2021-2-133-146voprecotest-3273Research ArticleРАЗМЫШЛЕНИЯ НАД КНИГОЙREFLECTIONS ON THE BOOKНовая жизнь старых идей (О книге Х. Д. Курца «Краткая история экономической мысли»)New life of old ideas (On the book “Economic thought: A brief history” by Heinz D. Kurz)https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9153-5120МальцевА. А.MaltsevA. A.

Мальцев Александр Андреевич, доктор экономических наук, проф. кафедры истории народного хозяйства и экономических учений экономического факультета МГУ, ведущий научный сотрудник ИЭ УрО РАН, докторант Университета Пикардии имени Жюля Верна

Москва, Екатеринбург, Амьен

SPIN-код: 5002-0128

Alexander A. Maltsev

Moscow, Ekaterinburg, Amiens

almalzev@mail.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7901-2108ХудокормовА. Г.KhudokormovA. G.

Худокормов Александр Георгиевич, доктор экономических наук, профессор, завкафедрой истории народного хозяйства и экономических учений экономического факультета

Москва

SPIN-код: 7665-1813

Alexander G. Khudokormov

Moscow

inh-k@mail.ruМГУ имени М. В. Ломоносова; Институт экономики УрО РАН; Университет Пикардии имени Жюля ВернаРоссияLomonosov Moscow State University; Institute of Economics, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; University of Picardie Jules VerneRussian FederationМГУ имени М. В. ЛомоносоваРоссияLomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussian Federation20210702202102133146Copyright © Voprosy Ekonomiki, NP, 20212021Voprosy Ekonomiki, NPVoprosy Ekonomiki, NPhttps://www.vopreco.ru/jour/about/submissions#copyrightNoticehttps://www.vopreco.ru/jour/article/view/3273

Рассматриваются основные содержательные элементы книги известного специалиста по истории экономической науки Х. Д. Курца «Краткая история экономической мысли». Несмотря на небольшой объем, данную работу отличает широкий исторический охват — от Платона до Ю. Фамы. К числу наиболее сильных сторон книги относится хорошо подобранный баланс между анализом экономических идей и рассмотрением исторического контекста, в котором возникают те или иные концепции. Исследовательскому стилю автора свойственно великодушие к интеллектуальным оппонентам и нежелание оценивать теории прошлого с высоты сегодняшних знаний экономической теории. Поэтому книга выгодно отличается от других работ по истории экономической мысли отсутствием в ней деления экономических идей прошлого на «хорошие» и «плохие».

The article discusses the main ideas of the book “Economic thought: A brief history” by the renowned historian of economics Heinz D. Kurz. Despite its brevity, the book covers a wide range of historiographical issues, ranging from Plato to E. F. Fama. One of the greatest virtues of the book is a productive balance between the analysis of economic ideas per se and consideration of the contexts which gave birth to one or another concept. The book is also remarkable for its generosity to intellectual opponents and its opposition towards considering the past theories in the light of modern economics. The book compares favorably with many other works in the history of economic thought because Professor Kurz successfully avoids splitting economic concepts into “good” and “bad” categories.

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