"timeless approach" to history. A person commits this fallacy when he ignores the various events and preconditions which existed before and acted as prerequisites for the event or state of affairs being analysed. Quoting Raico: "Rejecting the 'timeless approach' to economic development, Bauer has accentuated the many centuries required for economic growth in the Western world, and the interplay of various cultural factors that were its precondition" Major works (with Basil S. Yamey) (with F. W. Paish) (with Basil S. Yamey) (with Amartya Sen) Arms References 1997 World Development Report Vasquez, Ian (2007). "Peter Bauer: Blazing the Trail of Development". Econ Journal Watch. External links Peter Bauer from The New School for Social Research Bruce Bartlett on Peter Bauer James Dorn on Peter Bauer Aid, Trade, Development: The Bauer Legacy P. T. Bauer, The Vicious Circle of Poverty: Reality or Myth? (1965) Hungarian Jews British Jews British people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Fellows of the British Academy British development economists British libertarians Libertarian economists Life peers Conservative Party (UK) life peers Academics of the London School of Economics Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1915 births 2002 deaths People from Budapest Hungarian emigrants to the United Kingdom Earhart Foundation Fellows Member of the Mont Pelerin Society