This book contains refereed articles on: contrasting relational conceptions of the individual in recent economics; the development of Adam Smith's style of lecturing; a comparison of problems encountered in the historian's work as editor, based upon editing Harrod's papers and Haberler's "Prosperity and Depression"; reminiscences on the New Deal by Jacob Viner; and Don Lavoie's lectures on comparative economic systems. It reviews essays on books about Schumpeter, Keynes, Mincer, comparative economic history, and the Chicago School; as well as reviews of books dealing with the repeal of the...

This volume of "Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology" offers a unique insight into early American economic theory. The notes reproduced in this volume were taken by a student, Maurice Beck Hexter, in 'Economics 11-12', 'Economic Theory', given by Frank William Taussig at Harvard during the academic year 1921-1922. Taken together they represent the height of economic theory being taught in graduate programs in the United States during this period. Accompanying the notes are additional essays on how these notes relate to broader economic thinking of this period, providing...

An essential addition to any economics library, these five volumes present the contributions and writings of an influential and prolific scholar.

Containing chapters on economists such as Paul Davidson and Gregg Lewis, this work provides a broad view of the theories which have influenced the American economy in the late 20th century.

This coherent collection of papers examines some of the fundamental issues in political economy in a non-judgemental and non-ideological way. The political economy is a process of decision making and these papers attempt to identify the deepest levels of conduct of collective choice. These include official and private government, the "rule of law", the nature of poverty, rules and markets, deliberative and non-deliberative choice, and the operation of selective perception and of intellectual fraud in politics.

This text looks at the potential benefits of concept and theory formation along dynamic, evolutionary and valuation for understanding economic processes.

The history of economics comprises the accumulated capital of the discipline and its study permits both the retrieval of important ideas and the conduct of analysis which places present-day work in context. The essays in this book demonstrate some of the variety of uses to which the history of economics, as a sub-discipline, can be put.

This text presents 17 specially commissed essays on the often forgotten figures in the European history of economic thought. The authors examine the economists' original ideas and discuss how their work contributed to the development of economic thought.

Gardiner Means has a secure place in the history of 20th-century economic thought, as the co-author with A.A.Berle of The Modern Corporation and Private Property. But according to Samuels and Medema, Means should be remembered for major contributions in both micro- and macroeconomics. The authors discuss Means's ideas of administered pricing and profit maximization within the giant corporation, the possible links between industrial structure and macroeconomic performance, a theory of the firm as it relates to the market, and the micro foundations of macroeconomics. Central to Means's...

Supplement 9 contains bibliographical and archival materials pertaining to two eminent American economists: The Finding Guide to the Frank H. Knight papers at the University of Chicago and, a complete annotated bibliography of the writings of Frank H. Knight, assembled and edited by Ross B. Emmett. Also included is a bibliography to references for Thorstein Veblen works for the period 1983-1996, assembled by Solidell Wasser and Felicity Wasser.