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The Noxious Influence of Authority: A Correction of Jevons' Charge

Author(s) -

Neil B. De Marchi

Publication year - 1973

Publication title -

the journal of law and economics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.42

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1537-5285

pISSN - 0022-2186

DOI - 10.1086/466762

Subject(s) - amateur , schools of economic thought , economic history , politics , law , classics , history , political science , economics , keynesian economics

JEVONS' well-known protest in the 1870's against the 'despotic calm' induced by the dominance of 'the orthodox Ricardian school' in British political economy, comprised two distinct allegations. One was that the writings of John Stuart Mill and some of his disciples were so widely and so exclusively used in the University study of the subject as to constitute a barrier against free enquiry.' The second was that this was in no small measure due to the deliberate politicking of a 'Mill faction' which 'never scrupled at putting their lecturers and examiners wherever they could'.2 The role of authority in the develop-

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