In Search of the Two-Handed Economist Ideology, Methodology and Mark

For the economics profession, issues of marketing and ideology have often been reduced to the status of 'the love that dare not speak its name'. This volume brings these issues out of the closet and examines what effect, if any, these factors have in shap

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Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought Series Series Editors Avi Cohen York University Ontari, Ontario, Canada G.C. Harcourt University of New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Peter Kriesler University of New South Wales Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Jan Toporowski School of Oriental and African Studies London, United Kingdom

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In Search of the Two-Handed Economist Ideology, Methodology and Marketing in Economics

Craig Freedman

Craig Freedman University of New South Wales Australia

Palgrave Studies in the History of Economic Thought Series ISBN 978-1-137-58973-6 ISBN 978-1-137-58974-3 DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58974-3

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For Emily and Nicola, my two beloved terrors. And for both Peter Kriesler and Geoff Harcourt, who have kindly read too many of my questionable papers over the years.

The Inevitable Preface

In Search of the Two-Handed Economist: Ideological Biases, Methodological Pitfa