From the reviews: "It is an attempt to penetrate the concepts of classical economic positions and their origins, as well as – starting from the historical specificity – developing suggestions for a renovation of economic methodology in historical terms. Furthermore, the method of disputation of the collected volume follows a scholastic manner … . This ... Read morequaestio disputata, the exchange of views, is what makes this volume particularly interesting." (Nils Goldschmidt, Jahrbucher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, Vol. 224 (4), 2004) "At the heart of the book is … German Historical School of Economics (GHSE) whose epistemology is discussed along with its role in contemporary economic debate. … the book highlights the fact that during the last fifty years the economic debate has freed the GHSE from the view that considered it a conscious support for a conservative, authoritarian state … . This is an interesting and stimulating book." (Frank C. Dwight, The Journal of European Economic History, Vol. 31 (2), 2002) Show Less