The History of Economic Thought From the Viewpoint of Hes Presidential Addresses

Abstract

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the formal establishment of the History of Economics Society (HES), we have analyzed the published HES presidential addresses in order to describe what views of the history of economic thought (HET) were provided, what strengths were identified, and what possibilities for growth or limitations in its future development. We propose a rereading of the published HES presidential addresses as food for thought of scope, method, and future development of HET.