classical theorists

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classical
adjective
uk
/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/
us
/ˈklæs.ɪ.kəl/
traditional in style or form, or based on methods developed over a long period of time, and considered to be of ...
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theorist
noun[C]
uk
/ˈθɪə.rɪst/
us
/ˈθiː.ɚ.ɪst/
someone who develops ideas about the explanation ...
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(Definition ofclassicalandtheoristfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The classical theorists, in short, have the direction of analysis back to front.
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It supplies much useful information about classical theorists' writings and suggests many potential lines of historical research and reconstruction.
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Details vary for earlier classical theorists.
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Rosen presents the ideas and arguments of a wide range of classical theorists, organized around such themes.
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Rosen's discussion suggests that this was not regarded as possible by classical theorists.
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According to classical theorists, the existence of unemployment in depressed regions is meant to force down wages.
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There are the classical theorists and the practical operators, who take different views.
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That is why some of the precise calculations of the classical theorists do not necessarily work out to-day.
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New classical theorists demanded that macroeconomics be grounded on the same foundations as microeconomic theory, profit-maximizing firms and rational, utility-maximizing consumers.
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It is arguable to what extent these classical theorists held the labor theory of value as it is commonly defined.
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Among other things, these effects would include the quantum counterpart of the electromagnetic back-reaction that so vexed classical theorists of electromagnetism.
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