Malcolm Rutherford - The Economic Mind in America, Książki USA
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THE ECONOMIC MIND IN AMERICA:
ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF
AMERICAN ECONOMICS
In the history of economic thought, American economics is an area which has
received insufficient attention. This volume demonstrates the variety and
creativity of American economics and places American economic thought in
its particular, non-European, context. The book consists of selected papers
from the 1996 History of Economics Society Conference.
The opening part examines the concept of “American” economic thought
from a variety of perspectives. The following parts provide a critical
reassessment of pioneering American policy analysts such as Irving Fisher,
Wesley Mitchell, Harold Moulton, and Leo Paslovsky, as well as some of the
theoretical contributions of Herbert Davenport, Irving Fisher, and Frank
Knight. The fourth part contains a detailed account of Thorstein Veblen’s
institutional economics, including an exploration of its links with Canadian
and European economic thought, and an examination of the treatment of the
individual in both Veblen’s and J.R.Commons’ writings. The unusual and
original contributions of C.S.Peirce, Alvin Johnson, and science fiction author
Robert A.Heinlein are also analyzed. The final part details American
economists’ interests in international issues from 1886 to 1995.
With contributions by an international array of leading economists, this
volume is an important contribution to the literature on the history of
American economics.
Malcolm Rutherford
is Professor of Economics at the University of Victoria,
B.C., Canada. He has written extensively on the history of institutional
economics, and is the author of
Institutions in Economics: The Old and the
New Institutionalism
(C.U.P.) and the co-editor
of John R.Commons: Selected
Essays
(Routledge).
THE ECONOMIC MIND
IN AMERICA: ESSAYS
IN THE HISTORY OF
AMERICAN
ECONOMICS
Perspectives on the history of economic
thought
Selected papers from the History of Economics Society
Conference, 1996
Edited by Malcolm Rutherford
London and New York
First published 1998
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
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