The Economic Mind in America: Essays in the History of American Economics

by Malcolm Rutherford (Editor)

Overview

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 explora

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134785155
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/05/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	944 KB

About the Author

Malcolm Rutherford

Table of Contents

List of contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, PART I Roundtable on American economics, PART II Pioneers of American policy analysis, PART III Contributions to theory and measurement, PART IV Institutional economics, PART V American originals, PART VI American economists and the world, Index

Editorial Reviews

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—Andrew Chadwick, Maritime Engineering

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