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Conservative economy and progressive economy

ABSTRACT

From the assumption that Economics or Political Economy is a science ideologically conditioned, the author distinguishes a conservative from a progressist or liberal approach. This distinction is made in three levels: 1) basic theory, more specifically value theory; 2) macroeconomic theory; 3) economic policy.

KEYWORD:
Economic methodology

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