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Article: Editor's introduction.
- Article from:
- The American Journal of Economics and Sociology
- Article date:
- July 1, 2008
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This collection is a tribute to the ingenuity and labors of Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy. In a series of books and articles, this research team (hereafter "PL") has offered the profession something in the nature of a central organizing idea about 19th century economic thought (Levy 2001; Peart and Levy 2005a, 2005b). According to the PL thesis, for most of that century, a clearly identified group of economists adhered to analytical egalitarianism (AE). AE holds that all individuals are equally capable of making economic decisions, despite the fact that the contexts and environments in which these decisions are made vary depending on luck and fortune.
The ...