Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: A Research Annual, Vol 27A (Research in the History of Economic Thought & Methodology)

Research in the history of economic thought and methodology......Page 1
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3......Page 3
Acknowledgments......Page 4
List of Contributors......Page 5
Editorial board......Page 7
Two relational conceptions of individuals: Teams and neuroeconomics
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Teams and team reasoning......Page 10
Neuroeconomics: Natural science, add social science......Page 15
Don Ross......Page 18
Picturing Personhood......Page 22
Concluding remarks......Page 25
References......Page 26
Comparing editorial problems: The Harrod papers and the making of Haberler’s prosperity and depression
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The context......Page 30
The repositories......Page 32
Selection......Page 33
Specific problems and peculiarities......Page 34
Electronic edition......Page 36
Conclusion......Page 40
Notes......Page 43
References......Page 47
The usage of the electronic edition of harrod’s papers and correspondence......Page 48
Notes to Appendix......Page 56
Smith’s development as didactic lecturer: evidence from the lectures on jurisprudence......Page 58
The overall structure and organization of the lectures on jurisprudence: LJ(A)......Page 60
Series structure and the relationship with the ‘‘implied’’ individual lectures......Page 65
Structural analysis of a number of dated lectures and examples......Page 67
Structural analysis of an individual lecture and examples: ‘‘Tuesday. February. 15th. 1763’’
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Outcomes......Page 73
Acknowledgments......Page 78
References......Page 79
Introduction......Page 80
Interview with Dr. Jacob Viner by Mr. Wendell H. Link
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Notes......Page 121
References......Page 137
Archival sources
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Preface......Page 142
From the course syllabus......Page 143
Classifying Economic Systems......Page 145
German Philosophy......Page 146
Marx’s Influence on the Second International......Page 147
The Demise of the Second International......Page 148
The Role of Dialectics......Page 149
Central Planning as the Future......Page 150
The Critique of Hegelian Idealism......Page 151
The Critique of Crude Materialism......Page 152
Logic and Contradiction......Page 154
The Plan11......Page 155
Historical Materialism: Base and Superstructure......Page 156
The Asiatic Mode of Production......Page 157
Pure Capitalism......Page 158
The Communist Future......Page 159
Marx’s theory of value......Page 160
Use Value and Exchange Value......Page 161
Marx’s theory of alienation......Page 163
Communist Central Planning as the Nonalienated Future......Page 164
Micro-Macro aspects of central planning......Page 165
Marx’s Theory of the Business Cycle......Page 166
Mises’s argument......Page 168
Formal Similarity......Page 169
Trial and Error......Page 170
Decomposition Algorithms and the ‘‘Dialogue’’......Page 171
The question of interventionism......Page 172
GNP figures......Page 173
Political power vs. economic control......Page 174
War Communism (1918-1921)......Page 175
NEP: The New Economic Policy (1921-1928)......Page 176
The Industrialization Debate......Page 177
Assessments of the Soviet central planning experience......Page 178
The Method of Material Balances Planning......Page 179
The Roberts-Polanyi Criticism......Page 180
The Liberman Reforms (1950s)......Page 182
The liberal reform movement......Page 183
Post-Mao China......Page 184
Ownership vs. Management......Page 185
Incentive Problems......Page 186
Fascism......Page 187
Origins......Page 188
As Interventionism......Page 189
And the State......Page 190
Anarcho-Capitalism......Page 191
Drawing the Line......Page 192
Part V: Conclusion
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Postscript......Page 194
Notes......Page 196
References......Page 205
McCraw’s Prophet of Innovation Schumpeter’s best move......Page 210
Comparing McCraw with previous biographers......Page 211
What we can learn from McCraw......Page 212
Some broad reservations......Page 213
Can capitalism survive?......Page 215
Defending Schumpeter against unjustified criticisms
......Page 216
Some minor complaints......Page 218
McCraw on Schumpeter on the history of economic thought
......Page 219
McCraw on Schumpeter on the method of economics
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Notes......Page 223
References......Page 225
Two cheers for Mccloskey......Page 227
Fighting for the possibility of civilization......Page 236
References......Page 244
Capitalism and economic growth......Page 245
References......Page 254
Jacob Mincer’s contributions to modern labor economics......Page 255
Mincer: A biographical sketch......Page 256
Mincer’s research program historically viewed: the beginning......Page 257
Mincer’s research program: development over a half-century......Page 262
References......Page 264
Cliometrics goes comparative......Page 266
References......Page 273
One case to rule them all: Theoretical synthesis and the repeal of the corn laws......Page 275
Overview of the project......Page 277
Contributions to the historiography......Page 279
Theoretical choices in an empirical project
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Generalizations and synthesis......Page 284
References......Page 287
Meta-narratives, enlightenment and paradox......Page 289
How should the rise of the Chicago school be explained?......Page 295
P1: Sound historical analysis......Page 296
A1 and A2: No assistance from external agents
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A3: The Chicago school......Page 299
P2: A factually accurate history......Page 300
Notes......Page 304
References......Page 305
Archival sources
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The servants of our own machinery? F. A. Hayek’s the road to serfdom revisited......Page 307
The road to serfdom: Origins and purpose?......Page 308
The logic of planning?......Page 309
Hayek and his critics?......Page 312
The inevitability thesis and the logic of planning?
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Everyone a planner?......Page 317
Conclusion......Page 319
Notes......Page 320
References......Page 324