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... of inductive reasoning, however, departs from this account by showing that the correct composites were achieved by a combination of mechanical procedures and untrained judgements. To arrive at the typical characterizations one first has to familiarize oneself with the data, but the familiarization should...

.... This work aims to contextualize the way Blanco treated these topics within the framework of his Spanish contemporaries, to show that his approach was rooted in a Spanish tradition of thinking. Blanco was already familiar in Spain with some approaches to the slave trade and the colonial question, approaches...

... emphasize developments in biology and psychology, for these are less familiar to historians of econometrics. These developments are interesting to contemplate, for the biometricians and psychometricians were already discussing issues associated with the respective roles of statistical analysis...

...Matthias Störring Abstract Given the growing call for the restoration of the place of entrepreneurship in economic theory, familiarity with the works of Gustav Schmoller would be a great asset for a better understanding of the nature of the enterprise and the role of entrepreneurs. This article...

..., persistent accusations of an antiprogress bias, and the provision of few details about policy applications, the machine tax proposals faded rapidly after 1940. Given familiarity with an active government role in economic policy and knowledge about taxes as tools of these policies, it should not be a surprise...

... of inter-allied debts. The similarities are no coincidence, since both documents draw mostly from well-known classical and early neoclassical monetary analysis and free trade principles, and partially from Keynes's pre-1936 work. The classical principles are embodied in then-familiar texts by John Stuart...

... principles and concepts, his familiarity with market economics, and his views on the role of theory in ethnographic economics. Correspondence may be addressed to Scott Cook, University of Connecticut, at [email protected] ; and to Michael W. Young, Australian National University, at michael.young...

...- produced goods and services, whether it takes the form of government spending, business investment, or household consumption, can be repre- sented by the familiar infinite series: + + + + AY = 1 c c2 cn (1) where Y denotes income and c...

... upon the Weber-Fechner ‘ ‘ law’ ’ of diminishing marginal sensation suggests a familiarity with the work of the Austrian mar- ginalists,18 an impression strengthened by the author’s reference to Robinson Crusoe when discussing the optimal allocation of labor among alternative uses (pp...

... the statement about the investment multiplier made above is applied without change to net government expenditures. This method of handling the government accounts is open to two objections. The first, which is rather familiar, is that it is misleading. Actual tax receipts, it is argued...

... and the later Stuarts, Goodacre brings out the positively early modern roots rather than merely the familiar pre-Smithian itinerary of economics. The salience of these roots for a critical understanding of contemporary econom- ics is the main point of the book. If we lose a perspective on where [economic...

... on Adam Smith is familiar to readers of this jour- nal. In HOPE (1974) he proposed that Smith’s original inspiration for the division of labor analysis could have come from Plato. In a rejoinder in HOPE 7 (1975), Paul McNulty pointed out that the division-of-labor doctrines of Plato...

... of human knowledge Book reviews 175 than economic science (pp. 2-3). After making this familiar dichotomy, Rob- bins gives an overview of the Classical system: division of labor and ex- change, order and harmony arising spontaneously from...

... of the historical school. I. George Stigler, review of Lord Robbins, The evolution of modern economic theory, Economica 37(Nov. 1970): 426. Book Reviews 147 To readers somewhat familiar with this subject, the most valuable part of the book may...

... increasingly to isolate him, in the end fatally so. He was arrested in 1930 and executed eight years later. In addition to a lengthy discussion of long cycles (he rejects the more familiar term “long waves Barnett devotes successive chapters...

...Barry Gordon Richard S. Howey Lawrence: The Regents Press of Kansas, 1982. Pp. xii, 240. $25.00. Copyright © 1984 by Duke University Press 1984 Book Reviews 153 The economics of dualistic growth used in this book is rather familiar...

..., and, in particular, the tremendous importance of Carlyle. Finally, in its stylistic analysis the book provides interest even for those who are already familiar with the economic ideas expressed by the authors selected. The editors note the “tension which underlies,” to some extent, all of the selections...

... be traced. A familiar objection to most explanations using the kinked demand apparatus is that the original market price must be taken, in Sweezy’s words, as given by the “history” of the market. I believe that Reid goes too far when he states that “the kinked demand curve is but one type...

... in this sense is therefore essentially relative; the value of an object can be discussed only with reference to another object through the expression of preference of one object over another.13 9.See Kauder, pp. 638-45. Turgot was familiar with the work of Aristotle and with many...

..., methodological or otherwise, let alone pro- jecting some new “vision” of subject matter familiar to historians of economic thought. University of Nebraska-Lincoln W. E. KUHN Early developments in mathematical economics. Second edition. By Reghinos D. Theocharis...