Frank H. Knight in Iowa City, 1919 - 1928

Frank H. Knight in Iowa City, 1919 - 1928

Frank H. Knight in Iowa City, 1919 - 1928

Frank H. Knight in Iowa City, 1919 - 1928

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Overview

This collection includes both refereed articles and review essays of recent books in the history of economic thought and methodology. The articles highlight research the historiography and methodology of the English Poor Laws, behavioural economics, and the socialist calculation debate; as well as A.D. Roy and portfolio theory and correspondence regarding John Maurice Clark's "Economics of Planning".

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781780520087
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Publication date: 08/12/2011
Series: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology , #29
Pages: 452
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.61(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Frank Hyneman Knight: The Iowa Years Gerald L. Nordquist Ross B. Emmett xi

A Conversation With Ethel Verry Knight Gerald L. Nordquist 1

The Problem Of Value In Economic Theory 15

Articles In University Of Iowa Publications

Econmics And Business 41

The Tariff 47

Business Management: Science Or Art? 49

A "Scientific" ObserVation Regarding Socialism 55

In Defense Of Agricultural Relief On The General Plan Of The McNary-Haugen Measure 57

Article-Length Manuscripts

Social Organization: A Survey Of Its Problems And Forms From The Standpoint Of The Present Crisis 65

The Mathematical Method In Treating The Price Problem 89

Logical Method In The Social Sciences 103

The "Concept" Of Spirituality 123

On Power: The Invincible Logic Of Asceticism 137

Love And Force 149

The Ethics Of The State 169

Dismal Science 185

Non-Economistic Value 197

Play, Art, And Work: A Little Book On The Value Problem For Students Of The Social Sciences 219

Lectures

The Relation Of Ethics And Economics 231

The Conflict Between The Religious And The Scientific Attitude Toward Life 241

Liberralism And Religion, II: The Content of Liberal Religion 245

Society: Freshman Lecture 259

Some Explorations In The Twilight Zone Between Economics And Ethics 263

Science And Human Values: Summary, Partly As It Was And Partly As It Should Have Been! 285

On Force: B-H Group 289

Some Observations On The Why Of Human Behavior 293

Types Of Personal Relations: On Personal And Impersonal Association 301

Science And Efficiency In Physics And Politics 309

Memos And Radio Talks

Memorandum To President Jessup On Meredith Plan For Farm Relief 321

Some Misconceptions In Regard To Federal Taxation 325

Efficiency And The Social Ideal 329

The Professor And Farm Relief 335

Notes

Discussion Group In Religion 339

Being And Doing 349

Presuppositions Of Competition 353

Jottings On Value: October 8, 1925 357

What We Want: An Attempt To List Primary Wishes Or Elements In Motivation 359

Some Notes On Value 363

Jottings On Value: April 10, 1926 367

Notes On Motivation: Second Installment 371

Reason, Or Rationality, And Behavior, Or Value! 373

Notes On Human Nature And Value 375

Note In Discussion Of Personality 379

The Issues In Value Theory 381

Course Notes

Economics And Ethics: Course Outline And Reading List 385

Notes On Industrial Evolution: To Accompany, Outlines Of Economics, Chapters III And IV 387

Outline And Summary Of Price Theory: To Supplement And Amend Ely, Outlines Of Economics, Chapters IX, X, And XI 393

Book Reviews

Energy, Human Energy, And Value: Review of The Economy Of Human Energy T. N. Carver 411

Review Of Common Wealth 435

Economic Theory Restated 437

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