Article: In defence of inframarginal economics.

This article examines Peter Dixon's critique of Inframarginal Economics and responds to the key issues raised in that critique.

Keywords: Inframarginal economics, Economic methodology, Critique of inframarginalism, Marginal versus Inframarginal.

JEL Codes: B12, B13, B41

1 Introduction

As in the case of other disciplines, novelty in economic analysis faces scepticism and suspicion. Scepticism and suspicion serve science well. Their epistemic relevance derives from their function in differentiating Trojan Horses of pseudo-discovery from credible contributions, and from the recognition that they are generally applied consistently (there ...

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