Authors:

  • Alberto Alesina

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The choice of institutions. Alberto Alesina, August 2007, Paper. "The ”classical” economists, Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Karl Marx clearly thought that in socio political forces were important determinants of economic development and change. On the contrary the “neoclassical” school starting with Jevons and Walras developed their economic theories in an institution free environment. Institution free economic theory has been the dominant school of thought at least until the 1990s. There were however a few exceptions..." Link