Browsing by Author "Black, R. D. Collison"
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Measurement, measures and the millennium - the Society's activities in a long perspective
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1988)"But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded " (Edmund Burke, 1790). Nevertheless, the economists and calculators had begun their work well before the day when Burke made ... -
Of quantity and quality
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1986)In the social sciences generally, and in Economics in particular, one of the perennial themes of debate has been the merits and demerits of mathematical and statistical methods on the one hand and literary, philosophical ... -
Symposium on economic development
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1959)I must, at the outset, congratulate Mr. Whitaker on succeeding, where others have failed, in arousing the authorities, both Governmental and Departmental, to the urgent necessity for a systematic programme of economic ... -
Theory and policy in Anglo-Irish trade relations, 1775-1800
(Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1950)The manner in which economic theory affects economic policy, and vice-versa, is a question which has been the subject of much generalisation, but little detailed research. Obvious instances can be found in which policy ...
