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Article: William Edward Hearn on knowledge-based growth: innovator, or plagiarist of John Rae?(Essay)

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January 1, 2001
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Innovation: The action of innovating; the introduction of novelties; the alteration of what is established

Plagiarism: The action or practice of plagiarizing; the taking and using as one's own of the thoughts, writings, or inventions of another (The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary).

William Edward Hearn (1826-1888), sometimes dubbed as the first Australian economist, (1) has been alleged to plagiarize John Rae (1796-1872). (2) Charles W. Mixter, a modern discoverer of John Rae, (3) referred to the Hearn-Rae relationship rather cautiously: 

 
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