Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Volume 26A

Research in the history of economic thought and methodology......Page 1
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List of contributors......Page 4
Editorial board......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Wesley Clair Mitchell on eugenics: A note......Page 8
The correspondence......Page 13
Acknowledgment......Page 16
Notes......Page 17
Private Papers:......Page 19
Economic singularism......Page 21
Best name......Page 22
Supply and demand......Page 24
Indifference......Page 27
The escalator......Page 28
Notes......Page 33
References......Page 34
On the theory of economic policy of the Chicago school of economics......Page 37
References......Page 49
How should we think of the success of the Chicago School of Economics?......Page 51
What Van Overtveldt gets right......Page 52
Not ideas, but institutions: Creating the incentive structure for Chicago’s success......Page 53
A brief history of the workshop system......Page 56
External factors in Chicago’s success......Page 58
References......Page 60
Early and often or too late and not enoughquest......Page 62
The complexity of power......Page 65
Social status on the road from feudalism to the age of enlightenment......Page 71
Notes......Page 84
References......Page 85
Unpacking terminology, reassessing theory......Page 87
References......Page 93
State formation in early modern Europe......Page 94
References......Page 98
Three strikes and you’re out......Page 99
Strike 1: ‘‘This is like deacutejagravevu all over again.’’......Page 100
Strike 2: ‘‘I made a wrong mistake.’’......Page 102
Strike 3: ‘‘I knew I was going to take the wrong train, so I left early.’’......Page 103
Conclusion......Page 106
References......Page 107
The final triumph of Adam Smith?......Page 108
References......Page 114
Did Nietzsche say anything to economists or about economics?......Page 116
Nietzsche’s life and works......Page 119
Connecting Nietzsche to economics......Page 125
Conclusion......Page 133
Notes......Page 134
References......Page 135
From natural order to artificial worlds......Page 137
References......Page 144
Confronting economists who are confronting economics......Page 145
Brief overview of the book......Page 146
Assessment......Page 148
Confronting economists who confront economics......Page 149
Did Adam Smith produce fallacy or has fallacy been thrust upon him?......Page 151
References......Page 158
Adam Smith: One author, many contexts......Page 159
Reference......Page 165
Sympathy lost (and regain’d?)......Page 166
Notes......Page 180
References......Page 182
Complementary forces behind the repeal of Britain’s Corn Laws......Page 184
References......Page 192
Questions not asked and questions not answered......Page 193
A teasing conjecture......Page 196
The Canadian case......Page 197
Some conjectured answers......Page 201
References......Page 203
We’re all Austrians now: Jaacutenos Kornai and the Austrian school of economics......Page 204
Kornai’s life......Page 205
Two-level planning and the Mises-Hayek socialist calculation critique......Page 207
Anti-equilibrium and the Austrian critique of neoclassical economics......Page 210
Concluding remarks......Page 212
References......Page 213
Which way forward in Hayekian social theory: Evolution or design?......Page 215
Notes......Page 225
References......Page 226
Technical change and economic structure: Schumpeter and Galbraith......Page 228
Heertje’s schumpeter......Page 229
Galbraithian economics......Page 235
References......Page 246
The conventional wisdom and the pretense of knowledge......Page 248
References......Page 255
Prior knowledge: Financial economics before Markowitz......Page 256
References......Page 263
New books received......Page 264