New Working Paper
Internal vs. external explanations: a new perspective on the history of economic thought, by Walter Block, Christopher Westley, Alexandre Padilla (University of Loyola, New Orleans; Jacksonville State; Met State College of Denver)
Abstract: The present paper is devoted to showing that all externalist explanations for truth in economics are false, but that if any are used, it should not be the democratic one utilized by Rosen (1997). Rather, even though it is equally fallacious, it should be the one proposed in the present paper: the last publication in a debate indicates the substantive winner.
