...able to suggest for ourselves causes that he may have overlooked, and to inquire into their action. Experience in controversies such as these brings out...suggesting the argument post hoc ergo propter hoc. In order to be able with any safety to interpret economic facts whether of the past or present time,...

...theoretical position taken by the historian should not be disguised. As remarked by Professor Marshall, " the most reckless and treacherous of all theorists...suggesting the argument post hoc ergo propter hoc ".* If the historian is properly to fulfil his function, he must avowedly attempt to establish relations...

...theoretical position taken by the historian should not be disguised. As remarked by Professor Marshall, " the most reckless and treacherous of all theorists...and in suggesting the argument post hoc ergo propter hoc."1 If the historian is properly to fulfil his function, he must avowedly attempt to establish relations...

...on firmer ground. The same events may be used by different writers to support opposite theories. " The most reckless and treacherous of all theorists...he has played, perhaps unconsciously, in selecting them and grouping them, and in suggesting the argument post hoc ergo propter hoc. In order to be able...

..."systematic and organized methods of reasoning." Marshall wrote : Facts by themselves are silent. . . . The most reckless and treacherous of all theorists...suggesting the argument post hoc ergo propter hoc. . . . The economist . . . must be suspicious of any direct light that the past is said to throw on...

...The History opens with an interesting quotation from Marshall, part of which is pertinent here: "... the most reckless and treacherous of all theorists...suggesting the argument post hoc ergo propter hoc" (Memorials, p. 168). Perhaps the most puzzling question posed by the book is: Why did Friedman and...

...Friedman quotes further from Marshall to the effect that (p. 90): Facts by themselves are silent .... The most reckless and treacherous of all theorists...suggesting the argument post hoc ergo propter hoc. Few economists, whether Marshallian or Walrasian, would question such a statement. The crucial question...

...Friedman quotes further from Marshall to the effect that (p. 90): Facts by themselves are silent .... The most reckless and treacherous of all theorists...suggesting the argument post hoc ergo propter hoc. Few economists, whether Marshallian or Walrasian, would question such a statement. The crucial question...

...on economic problems. The same events may be used by different writers to support opposite theories. "The most reckless and treacherous of all theorists...he has played, perhaps unconsciously, in selecting them and grouping them, and in suggesting the argument post hoc ergo propter hoc. In order to be able...

...directly of the actions of causes, but only of sequences in time ... Experience in controversies ... brings out the impossibility of learning anything...suggesting the argument post hoc ergo propter hoc. In order to be able with any safety to interpret economic facts, whether of the past or present time,...