THE ECONOMIC MIND IN AMERICA by Malcolm Rutherford (Editor) ( 9780415133555 )

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THE ECONOMIC MIND IN AMERICA
ESSAYS IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ECONOMICS

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Malcolm Rutherford (Editor)

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0415133556

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

5 March, 1998

Pages:

348

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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.

Synopsis:

The Economic mind of America examines: * the concept of 'American' economic thought * reassessment of pioneering American policy analysts such as Irving Fisher, Wesley Mitchell, Harold Moulton and Leo Paslovsky, as well as the theoretical contributions of Herbert Davenport and Frank Knight * Thorstein Veblen's institutional economics and an exploration of the influence of Canadian and European economic thought * analysis of contributions of C. S. Peirce, Alvin Johnson and science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein * American economists' interests in in issues from 1886-1995.

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