The economic mind in America : essays in the history of American economics / / edited by Malcolm Rutherford
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| Titolo: |
The economic mind in America : essays in the history of American economics / / edited by Malcolm Rutherford
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (346 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330/.0973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Economics - United States - History |
| Economics - History | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
RutherfordMalcolm <1948->
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| Note generali: | Selected papers from the History of Economics Society Conference 1996. |
| Papers from the conference held June 28-July 1, 1996 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; What is American about American economics?; Remarks on ~American-ness~ in American economic thought; What is ~American~ about U.S. economics?; Comment on ~what is American about American economics?~; Irving Fisher as a policy advocate; Social science and the making of social policy: Wesley Mitchell's vision; Vision accomplished: Harold Moulton and Leo Pasvolsky of the Brookings Institution as champions of a new world order; Herbert J.Davenport's transformation of the Austrian theory of value and cost |
| The quest for an ideal index: Irving Fisher and The Making of Index Numbers Frank Knight's position on capital and interest: foundation of the Knight/Hayek/Kaldor debate; Europe in America: Veblen and his Canadian connections; Marshall, Veblen, and the search for an evolutionary economics; Commons versus Veblen on the place of the individual in the social process: a case of methodological divergence; Peirce's economic reason | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This volume demonstrates the variety and creativity of American economics and the links between American economic thought and its non- European context. It contains selected papers from the 1996 History of Economics Society Conference. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The economic mind in America |
| ISBN: | 1-134-78516-X |
| 0-429-23174-1 | |
| 1-280-31941-0 | |
| 0-585-45352-7 | |
| 0-203-43599-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450931803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Perspectives on the history of economic thought.