The State of the History of Economics: Proceedings of the History of Economics Society

by James P. Henderson (Editor)

Overview

This collection explores emerging areas in the history of economics and provides a valuable insight into contemporary research in the field. The papers focus on four areas:* Science and Economics. Authors investigate how science is perceived and how its history is related, details early history of probability and examine 'cyberpunk' - a science fic

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134785223
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/21/1997
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	869 KB

About the Author

Professor James P. Henderson, Valparaiso University, holds degrees from Beloit College and Northern Illinois University. He was President of the History of Economics Society in 1995-96 and is Vice-President of the Association for Social Economics. He is the author of Early Mathematical Economics: William Whewell and the British Case.

Table of Contents

Contributors, INTRODUCTION, 1 THE HISTORY OF ECONOMICS AND THE HISTORY OF AGENCY, 2 THE HISTORY OF CLASSICAL AND FREQUENTIST THEORIES OF PROBABILITY, 3 CYBERPUNK AND CHICAGO, 4 HETEROGENEOUS LABOR IN A SIMPLE RICARDIAN MODEL, 5 INTERNATIONAL TRADE, MACHINERY, AND THE REMUNERATION OF LABOR: A REEXAMINATION OF THE ARGUMENT IN THE THIRD EDITION OF RICARDO’S PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY AND TAXATION, 6 REFLECTIONS ON SCHUMPETER’S HISTORY OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN LIGHT OF HIS UNIVERSAL SOCIAL SCIENCE, 7 JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLASSES IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY CAPITALISM, 8 HICKS AND LINDAHL ON MONETARY INSTABILITY: ELASTICITY OF PRICE EXPECTATIONS VERSUS ELASTICITY OF INTEREST EXPECTATIONS, 9 (DIS)TRUSTING THE TALE: WERNER SOMBART AND THE NARRATIVE OF ECONOMICS, 10 CROMWELL’S OCCUPATION OF IRELAND AS JUDGED FROM PETTY’S OBSERVATIONS AND MARX’S THEORY OF COLONIALISM, 11 VINCENT DE GOURNAY, OR “LAISSEZ-FAIRE WITHOUT LAISSEZ-PASSER”, 12 STORM OVER ECONOMIC THOUGHT: DEBATES IN FRENCH ECONOMIC JOURNALS, 1750–70, Index