... The Rise and Fall of Economic Growth. By H. W. Arndt. Melbourne, Australia: Longman Cheshire, 1978. Pp. 161. No price listed. History of the Idea of Progress. By Robert Nisbet. New York: Basic Books, 1980. Pp. 370. $16.95. A glance at the titles of these two books would lead...

.... The Very Idea of Applying Economics: The Modern Minimum-Wage Controversy and Its Antecedents Thomas C. Leonard Disagreements among economists rarely breach the academy’s walls. The recent minimum-wage controversy is a significant exception. At first glance, all the sound and fury is a puzzle.1...

..., since they mar a book that will otherwise be quite useful to the serious student of Edgeworth. The Johns Hopkins University PETERNEWMAN Economic development: the history of an idea. By H. W. Arndt. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1987. Pp...

... of Political Economy . Vol. 2 . New York:Kelley. Zeuthen, F. 1932 . Das Prinzip der Knappheit,technische Kombination, und ökonomische Qualität. Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie 4 : 1 -24. Wicksell, Cassel, and the Idea of Involuntary Unemployment Mauro Boianovsky and Hans-Michael Trautwein...

...Elizabeth Durbin Gertrude Himmelfarb. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Pp. 596. $25.00. Copyright © 1985 by Duke University Press 1985 BOOK REVIEWS The idea of poverty: England in the early industrial age. By Gertrude Himmel- farb. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1984. Pp. 596...

... competition and called for legislative intervention, Dunoyer drew the conclusion that such economies were naturally subject to alternating periods of “activity” and “relapse.” Using the innovative idea of the cycle, Dunoyer incorporated Sismondi's theory into the Sayardian conception of political economy...

...R. H. Helmholz Book Reviews 715 The Idea of a Moral Economy: Gerard of Siena on Usury, Restitution, and Prescription. By Lawrin Armstrong. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2016. x; 331 pp. $75.00. This book contains the text...

...Piero Barucci Copyright © 1972 by Duke University Press 1972 P, Barucci is Professor of the History of Economic Doctrines in the University of Florence. The Idea of Planning in Italian Economic Thought Piero Barucci...

...Carl Wennerlind The Idea of Commercial Society in the Scottish Enlightenment . By Berry Christopher J. . Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press , 2013 . xii ; 216 pp. Hardback $110.00 . Copyright 2014 by Duke University Press 2014...

.../10/00 12:41 PM Page 347 On the Spread of an Idea: The Strange Case of Mr. Harrod and the Multiplier Daniele Besomi Some scientific ideas are accepted immediately, others take years to be recognized or even...

...Joachim Zweynert The article analyzes the reception of the idea of convergence in Soviet economics from the 1960s to the end of the 1980s. It is predominantly concerned with convergence theory as a policy idea that inspired perestroika. Its central question is: Under the conditions...

...Steven G. Medema Unproductive Labor in Political Economy: The History of an Idea . By Perrotta Cosimo . London : Routledge , 2018 . xiv ; 269 pp. $160.00 . Copyright 2020 by Duke University Press 2020 References Perrotta Cosimo . 2004 . Consumption...

... University Press The economic ideas of Charles Babbage Richard M. Romano I Much has been written lately on the so-called machinery question.’ The bulk of this literature is concerned in some way with Ricardo’s changing views and centers around...

... that supported them and the ways in which Galbraith and Friedman approached the visual representation of economic ideas. Friedman’s series drew on support from advocacy organizations and corporate interests, relayed accessible expositions via an empirical documentary style, and framed its episodes around...

...John C. Soper Ian Hacking. London and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1975. Pp. 209. $15.95. Copyright © 1977 by Duke University Press 1977 154 History of Political Economy 9:1 (1977) The Emergence of Probability: A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability...

... in the light of that work. Columbia University PAULJ. MCNULTY The Origin of Economic Ideas. By Guy Routh. White Plains, New York: International Arts and Sciences Press, Inc., 1975. Pp. 321. $18.00. Routh’s book develops ideas originally presented by him...

...) History of Economic Analysis, a Guide to Information Sources. By William K. Hutchinson. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1976. Pp. 243. $18.00. Men and Ideas in Economics, a Dictionary of World Economists, Past and Present. By Ludwig H. Mai. Totowa, New Jersey...

...Mogens Boserup Copyright © 1980 by Duke University Press 1980 Edited by Thorkild Davidsen and translated by Hans Brems. History of Political Economy 12:3 The international transmission of ideas: a small-country case...

... 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...