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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454846603321

Titolo

Research history of economic thought and methodology . Volume 26-A [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Warren J. Samuels, Jeff E. Biddle, Ross B. Emmett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2008

ISBN

1-280-77076-7

9786613681539

1-84663-905-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Research history of economic thought and methodology ; ; v. 26A

Altri autori (Persone)

SamuelsWarren J. <1933->

BiddleJeff

EmmettRoss B

Disciplina

330

Soggetti

Economics - History

Economics - Methodology - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A research annual."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Editorial board; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Wesley Clair Mitchell on eugenics: A note; The correspondence; Acknowledgment; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Economic singularism; Best name; Supply and demand; Indifference; The escalator; Conclusion; Notes; References; Review Essays; Chapter 3. On the theory of economic policy of the Chicago school of economics; References; Chapter 4. How should we think of the success of the Chicago School of Economicsquest

What Van Overtveldt gets rightNot ideas, but institutions: Creating the incentive structure for Chicago's success; A brief history of the workshop system; External factors in Chicago's success; References; Chapter 5. Early and often or too late and not enoughquest; Chapter 6. The complexity of power; Chapter 7. Social status on the road from feudalism to the age of enlightenment; Notes; References; Chapter 8. Unpacking terminology, reassessing theory; References; Chapter 9.



State formation in early modern Europe; References; Chapter 10. Three strikes and you're out

Strike 1: ''This is like déjà vu all over again.''Strike 2: ''I made a wrong mistake.''; Strike 3: ''I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.''; Conclusion; References; Chapter 11. The final triumph of Adam Smithquest; Notes; References; Chapter 12. Did Nietzsche say anything to economists or about economicsquest; Nietzsche's life and works; Connecting Nietzsche to economics; Conclusion; Notes; References; Chapter 13. From natural order to artificial worlds; References; Chapter 14. Confronting economists who are confronting economics; Brief overview of the book; Assessment

Confronting economists who confront economicsChapter 15. Did Adam Smith produce fallacy or has fallacy been thrust upon himquest; References; Chapter 16. Adam Smith: One author, many contexts; Notes; Reference; Chapter 17. Sympathy lost (and regain'dquest); Notes; References; Chapter 18. Complementary forces behind the repeal of Britain's Corn Laws; References; Chapter 19. The determinants of thought; Questions not asked and questions not answered; A teasing conjecture; The Canadian case; Some conjectured answers; Notes; References

Chapter 20. We're all Austrians now: János Kornai and the Austrian school of economicsKornai's life; Two-level planning and the Mises-Hayek socialist calculation critique; Anti-equilibrium and the Austrian critique of neoclassical economics; Concluding remarks; Note; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 21. Which way forward in Hayekian social theory: Evolution or designquest; Notes; Acknowledgment; References; Chapter 22. Technical change and economic structure: Schumpeter and Galbraith; Heertje's schumpeter; Galbraithian economics; References

Chapter 23. The conventional wisdom and the pretense of knowledge

Sommario/riassunto

Includes refereed articles on topics in economic methodology and the history of economics, including Austrian economic methodology and Wesley Mitchell. This collection covers such topics as Adam Smith, John Kenneth Galbraith, Friedrich Nietzsche, Joseph S