A metaphor is haunting the world
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2018-07-02
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Universidad Antonio Nariño
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http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
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ISSN: 2346-0911
ISSN: 0123-0670
DOI: 10.54104/papeles.v10n19
Ref: PAPELES; Vol. 10 No. 19 (2018); 40-47
ISSN: 0123-0670
DOI: 10.54104/papeles.v10n19
Ref: PAPELES; Vol. 10 No. 19 (2018); 40-47
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The article examines the role of metaphors regarding the development and the teaching of science in general and of economic science in particular. Examples from physics and biology are discussed and the “invisible hand” metaphor is briefly analyzed in the context of Adam Smith political economy and Milton Friedman positive economy.