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The Economic Mind in America Malcolm Rutherford (University of Victoria, Canada)

The Economic Mind in America By Malcolm Rutherford (University of Victoria, Canada)

The Economic Mind in America by Malcolm Rutherford (University of Victoria, Canada)

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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.

The Economic Mind in America Summary

The Economic Mind in America: Essays in the History of American Economics by Malcolm Rutherford (University of Victoria, Canada)

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.

The Economic Mind in America Reviews

"This new text provides a unique set of insights into the disparate elements required to understand and apply probabilistic design methods and to undertake reliability assessments for coastal and hydraulic engineering schemes. The concepts are well explained for readers with an engineering background, making the sometimes complex theory accessible."
Andrew Chadwick, Maritime Engineering

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

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NPB9780415133555
9780415133555
0415133556
The Economic Mind in America: Essays in the History of American Economics by Malcolm Rutherford (University of Victoria, Canada)
Malcolm Rutherford (University of Victoria, Canada)
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Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1998-03-05
352
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