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