... for the existence of goods whose con- sumption increases at a higher price; it has also been recognised that Simon Gray has a priority in recognising the existence of such goods.’ The purpose of this note is to point out that the first clear statement of wheat being such a commodity, along...

.... Washington University WERNERHOCHWALD Good News to the Poor. By Julio de Santa Ana. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1979. Pp. 124. $8.50. The author of this book is a theologian-sociologist, formerly director of the Department of Cultural Extension...

...Arnold C. Harberger Copyright © 1996 by Duke University Press 1996 Good Economics Comes to Latin America, 1955-95 Arnold C. Harberger Introduction, with Some Reminiscences To be asked to speak on this subject has a special meaning for me. It takes me, willy-nilly, on a long...

...Yue Xiao [email protected] European and Chinese Histories of Economic Thought: Theories and Images of Good Governance . Edited by Iwo Amelung and Bertram Schefold . Abingdon : Routledge , 2022 . 328 pp. $160.00 . Copyright 2023 by Duke University Press 2023 I...

... . 1872 . “Gambling Superstitions.” Cornhill Magazine 25 : 704 – 17 . Robbins Bruce . 2007 . Upward Mobility and the Common Good: Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State . Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press . Scholl Lesa . 2012 . “George Eliot, Harriet...

... theory.’ In Fiscal theory and political economy: selected essays (Chapel Hilll, N.C.), 22 -74. Buchanan , James M. 1975 . ‘Public finance and public choice.’ National Tax Journal 28 . 8 : 383 -94. Buchanan , James M. 1968 . The demand and supply of public goods . Chicago...

... utility of new capital goods Donald A. Walker I. WalrasS Incomplete Initial Theory A part of the history of economic thought that has not previously been examined is the reception and resulting modification of Uon Walras’s theorem on the maximum utility...

.... History of Politicul Economy 14:2 0 1982 by Duke University Press Value and physical capital in Wicksell’s durable goods model Larry W. Sarnuelson I. Introduction Contemporary economics literature often finds the work...

... Economy 10 : 1 -192. History of Political Economy r4:3 0 1982 by Duke University Press Diamonds, water, and 2 goods: an account of the paradox of value David Levy The new theory of consumer behavior...

... Social Goods. In Rationality, Individualism and Public Policy , edited by Geoffrey Brennan and Cliff Walsh. Canberra: ANUTECH. Wokler , Robert . 1974 . Rameau, Rousseau and the Essai sur origine des langues. Studies on Voltaire and the 18th Century 117 : 179 -238. Wokler , Robert...

...: Macmillan. Brakman, S., and C. Van Marrewijk. 1998 . The Economics of International Transfers . Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chichilnisky, G. 1980 . Basic Goods, the Effects of Commodity Transfers, and the International Economic Order. Journal of Development Economics 7 : 505 -19...

... in the contents of chapter 1, where Menger dealt with social needs and social goods. I consider this specific contribution of Menger a natural development of his methodological research on the nature of institutions. Finally, I contextualize the story of the missed reprint and translation in the debate about...

...J. Daniel Hammond This article is an analytical history of Paul Samuelson's writings on the theory of public goods and the role of government. We examine Samuelson's scholarly work from “The Pure Theory of Public Expenditure” (1954) to “Pure Theory of Public Expenditure and Taxation” (1969). We...

...Marianne Johnson The core of public economics traditionally addresses two situations of market failure: externalities and public goods. While externalities fit neatly into neoclassical economics, public goods proved substantially more difficult to pin down. An interesting thread in the story...

..., and Public Goods. Review of Economic Studies 41.1 : 119 -28. Baeck, Louis. 1994 . The Mediterranean Tradition in Economic Thought . New York: Routledge. Ballard, Charles L., and Don Fullerton. 1992 . Distortionary Taxes and the Provision of Public Goods. Journal of Economic Perspectives 6.3...

... Antecedents and Implications of Hirsch’s Positional Goods Ralph E. And and David R. Hakes I. Introduction In Social Limits to Growth Fred Hirsch divides the economy into two sectors: the material economy and the positional economy. Using this distinction, he...

...Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay This paper provides a narrative of the emergence of the standard textbook definition of public goods. It focuses on Richard A. Musgrave's contribution in defining public goods as nonrival and nonexcludable—from 1937 to 1973. Although Samuelson's mathematical definition...

... of Politicul Economy 22: I 0 1990 by Duke University Press CCC 0018-2702/90/$1.50 Giffen goods and the subsistence level Charles van Marrewijk and Peter A. G. van Bergeijk The upward-sloping demand curve of a Giffen good...

... for goods and the free market for ideas in the Platonic dialogues William F. Campbell The purpose of this article is to explore the alleged dichotomy between the market for goods and the market for ideas. The presentation will be based on the use of economic analogies skillfully drawn...