Discovering Institutionalism: One Person’s Journey

Abstract

This essay charts an intellectual journey. Geoffrey M. Hodgson became an institutional economist in the 1980s. He explains how he discovered institutional economics and what strains of institutional thought were attractive for him. Another issue raised in this essay is how institutional researchers organize and move forward. Hodgson argues for an interdisciplinary approach, but this is not without its problems.

Citation

Hodgson, G. (2023), "Discovering Institutionalism: One Person’s Journey", Fiorito, L., Scheall, S. and Suprinyak, C.E. (Ed.) Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on Religion, the Scottish Enlightenment, and the Rise of Liberalism (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Vol. 41A), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 141-157. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0743-415420240000041010