Terence W. Hutchison (1912-)
Terence Wilmot Hutchison es un economista británico, estudió en Cambridge y en la London School of Economics. Ha sido profesor en la Universidad de Birmingham y en la L.S.E. Sus principales contribuciones están en el campo de la metodología. Es empiricista y discípulo de Karl Popper.
En la década de los años 30, Terence W. Hutchison inicia una crítica agresiva del método habitual entre los economistas argumentando que mientras la teoría económica estuviese basada en la lógica hipotético-deductiva, tan solo podría llegar a tautologías, por lo que exigía que se elaborasen propuestas que pudieran ser contrastadas empíricamente. A partir de ese momento y en toda su obra ha mantenido polémicas que le han enfrentado a F.H. Knight, L. Robbins, F. Machlup los economistas austriacos y los ricardianos.
Entre otros honores, fue nombrado "Distinguished Fellow" de la History of Economics Society en 1984.
Obras:
- "A Note on Tautologies and the Nature of Economic Theory", 1935, RES
- "Theoretische Ökonomie als Sprachsystem", 1937, ZfN
- "Expectation and Rational Conduct", 1937, ZfN
- "Note on Uncertainty and Planning", 1937, RES
- The Significance and Basic Postulates of Economic Theory, 1938.
- "Reply to Professor Knight", 1941, JPE
- "Some Questions About Ricardo", 1952, Economica
- "Ricardo's Correspondence", 1953, Economica
- "James Mill and the Political Education of Ricardo", 1953, Cambridge Journal
- A Review of Economic Doctrines, 1870-1929, 1953.
- "Professor Machlup on Verification in Economics", 1956, Southern EJ
- "Jeremy Bentham as an Economist", 1956, EJ
- "Methodological Prescriptions in Economics: a reply", 1960, Economica
- `Positive' Economics and Policy Objectives, 1964.
- "Testing Economic Assumptions: a comment", 1966, JPE
- Economics and Economic Policy in Britain, 1946-1966, 1968.
- "Economists and Economic Policy in Britain after 1870", 1969, HOPE
- Knowledge and Ignorance in Economics, 1977.
- On Revolutions and Progress in Economic Knowledge, 1978.
- "Review of Hayek", 1979, EJ
- The Politics and Philosophy of Economics: Marxians, Keynesians and Austrians, 1981.
- Before Adam Smith: the emergence of political economy, 1981.
- "Turgot and Smith", 1982, en Bordes and Morange, Turgot, Economiste et Administrateur
- "The Politics and Philosophy in Jevons' Political Economy", 1982, Manchester School
- "From Dismal Science to Positive Economics: A century-and-a- half of progress?", 1983, en Wiseman, editor, Beyond Positive Economics
- "A Methodological Crisis?", 1983, en Wiles and Routh, editores, Economics in Disarray
- "On the Interpretation and Misinterpretation of Economists", 1985, en Roggi, editor, Gli Economistie la politica economia
- Changing Aims in Economics, 1992.
- "Ricardian Politics: Another version of Ricardian hagiography", 1992, HER
- "Hayek and Modern Austrian Methodology: Comment on a non- refuting refutation", 1992, Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
- "Review of Jacob Viner", 1993, European Review of HET
- The Uses and Abuses of Economists: Contenious essays on history and method, 1994.