TY - JOUR AU - Fogel,Robert W. TI - Some Notes on the Scientific Methods of Simon Kuznets JF - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series VL - No. 2461 PY - 1987 Y2 - December 1987 UR - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2461 L1 - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2461.pdf N1 - Author contact info: Robert W. Fogel Director, Center for Population Economics University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business 5807 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Suite 367 Chicago, IL 60637 Tel: 773/702-7709 Fax: 773/702-2901 E-Mail: rwf@cpe.uchicago.edu AB - This paper discusses the scientific methods that guided the economic research of Simon Kuznets, with particular stress on his approach to measurement and theory. The paper closes with the transcription of a brief autobiographical talk by Kuznets at a dinner in honor of his eightieth birthday. ER -