The Economic Mind in America 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.

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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

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NLS9780415756617

ISBN 13

9780415756617

ISBN 10

0415756618

Title

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

Author

Malcolm Rutherford (University of Victoria, Canada)

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New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Year published

2014-08-15

Number of pages

352

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