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Mark Blaug has made far reaching contributions to a range of topics in economic thought throughout his career. Apart from valuable contributions to the economics of art and the economics of education, he is best known for his work in history of economic thought and the methodology of economics. Concerning methodological issues and the application of economic theory to a wide range of subjects from education to human capital, the "philosophy of science and the sweep of intellectual progress are fitting subjects to accommodate the breadth of Mark Blaug's interest."
Major publication
* Ricardian Economics. A Historical Study, 1958.
* Economic Theory in Retrospect, first edition 1962, 5th revised edition 1997.
* The Methodology of Economics, or How economists Explain, 1980 (revised edition, 2006).
* Economic History and the History of Economics, 1986.
* Great Economists Before Keynes: A Introduction to the Lives and Works of 100 Economists of the Past, 1986.
* Economic Theories. True or False?, 1990.
* Appraising Economic Theories: Studies in the Methodology of Research Programs (ed. with Neil de Marchi), 1991.
* Not Only an Economist. Recent Essays, 1997.
Honour
* In 1984 he was made a Foreign Honorary Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Science (KNAW).
* In 1988 he was made a Distinguished Fellow of the History of Economics Society.
* In 1989 he became an Elected Fellow of the British Academy.
Reference
* "Mark Blaug". Erasmus Center for History in Management and Economics. http://www.chimes.nl/staff/blaug/. Retrieved February 28, 2007.
* "Mark Blaug" (PDF). Universiteit van Amsterdam, CV. http://www1.fee.uva.nl/pp/bin/mblaugcv.pdf. Retrieved February 29, 2008.