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Concerning Winters of Discontent: Does Methodology or Rhetoric Contain the Answer to a Possible Malaise?
Mark PerlmanThere is a German legend concerning the Tausendfuss (only somewhat less hyperbolised in English as the centipede). Although not exactly swift, the Tausendfuss does get around. How…
Marshallian Methodology
E.F. BeachThe sudden evaporation of Alfred Marshall's enormous prestige is a phenomenon that deserves more attention than it has received. During his lifetime, his pre‐eminence was greater…
Equilibrium in Walras's and Marx's Theories of Capital Accumulation
Roy J. RotheimAs these essays are in honor of Professor Anghel Rugina, I begin with a quote from his recent essay on Walras (1982, p. 4):
Solitude and Solidarity in the Just Society: A Reappraisal of Marx's Vision
Barry S. ClarkThat these two passages can appear in the same work, separated by only two paragraphs, confirms a tension latent in Marxian thought. After offering an appealing vision of a…
Theories of Liberal Capitalist Democracy: Alternative Perspectives
John E. Elliott, Joanna V. ScottThis article examines relationships between capitalism and democracy as perceived by contending perspectives within the liberal capitalist‐liberal democratic tradition(s). Bentham…
Human Interests, Modes of Rationality and the Social Foundations of Economic Science
Jon D. WismanModern economics, because of its instrumental orientation and its adherence to positivistic canons of science, suffers from two pernicious illusions. The first is that the…
On Intercepting the Flow of Ideas: An Economic Analysis
Juergen BackhausContext and Relevance Censorship conjures images of despotic governments strangulating the expression of political convictions. Censorship is the violation of a basic human right…
The Need for Voluntary Consensus Systems in Setting Socio‐Economic Standards
Charles CollazzoAs civilisations become more advanced and complex from an economic perspective, the need to integrate and co‐ordinate human behaviour and institutions becomes more acute. The…
Worker Self‐Management and Economic Reform in Poland
Thomas HyclakSince the post‐Stalin thaw of the mid‐1950s, economic reform has been a constant theme in academic discussion and policy implementation in the countries of Eastern Europe. In…
Thorstein Veblen and Piero Sraffa: A New Level of Economic Theory
Robert A. GriffinEconomic theories are integrally related to the social and historical processes from which they emerge. They evolve from, reflect, and seek to communicate explanations of the…
The History of Neo‐Liberalism: Affinity to Some Developments in Economics in Germany
Gerrit MeijerIn his work Dr Rugina mentions several times his affinity and indebtedness to the German economist, Walter Eucken (1891–1950). He does so most outspokenly in the following…
The Life and Works of Tullio Bagiotti (1921–1983)
Aldo MontesanoMy duty in remembering the life and works of Tullio Bagiotti and in discussing his thought is justified for several reasons. I succeeded Bagiotti both in the chair of Political…
The Third Revolution in Economic Thinking: Social Economy in a New Perspective
Giuseppe EusepiWhy do we need a third revolution in economics? As a starting point it must be noticed that every school has its own methodology and ideology. Its characteristic is to deal with…
Angelo Messedaglia on Money and the Nineteenth Century Italian Economic School
Anna PellandaThis article on Messedaglia might start with Schumpeter's words: “I have chosen him for mention because of the strategic position he holds in the history of Italian economics and…
Founders of Modern Economic Thought in Italy
Massimo FinoiaThe founders of modern economic thought in Italy are Francesco Ferrara (1810–1900), Luigi Cossa (1831–1896) and Angelo Messedaglia (1820–1901).
International Income Inequality and per capita Income Rates of Growth: A Cross‐Section Analysis
Stylianos A. SarantidesThe purpose of this article is to investigate the problem of international income inequality and the growth rates of different income classes. The Myrdal thesis of the cumulative…
Keynesianism and Stagflation
Lazaros HoumanidisKeynes, with his heretical contribution to the family of the neo‐classics, was as profound as the heresies of Luther against the Pope. He accepted the institution of profit…
Twentieth Century Greek Economists and the Quantity Theory of Money
Anastasios D. KarayiannisThe revival of the quantity theory of money which was advanced by M. Friedman and the Chicago School in the 1960s led me to an investigation of the contributions of Greek…
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