...Till Düppe This essay reflects on historiographical questions that are related to the fact that we write history of that which is still remembered by living persons, which, in practical terms, poses questions of conflicts of interest. Going through different sources of cooperation and conflict, I...

...Teresa Tomás Rangil The writings of the American economist Jack Hirshleifer (1925–2005) are considered some of the most influential contributions to the economics of conflict. This article examines how Hirshleifer transformed the behavioral assumptions of Homo economicus (the self-interest model...

...Gerhard Michael Ambrosi In the pure theory of foreign trade, offer curves are still a well-known textbook device for analyzing conflicting interests between countries engaged in foreign trade. In his early days Alfred Marshall suggested that this analytical device be used also for industrial...

... for those that are injured as well as those that gain. Sometimes, that can be damned difficult when subgroups of these classes have conflicting interests, or when class interests and national interests conflict. Then matters are not clear, and we must weigh benefits and costs...

... by Boumans Marcel Duarte Pedro Garcia . Special issue , History of Political Economy 51 ( 3 ): 515 – 34 . Düppe Till . 2018 . “ Interest Conflicts .” History of Political Economy 50 ( 3 ): 555 – 61 . Düppe Till Weintraub E. Roy . 2014 . Finding Equilibrium. Arrow...

... of labor? How much recognition of the variety and value of women’s economic activity has been present in economists’ descriptions of economic life? How often have economists discussed the problems facing women, the extent to which women’s interests conflicted with those of men, and the role...

... and is logi- cally compatible with the emergence and eventual resolution of a fundamental conflict in nineteenth-century utilitarian thought-the conflict between the individual and society, or interest vs. duty.7 Formally, the conflict is between two elements of utilitarian...

..., is a tissue of paradox in which interests conflict and competing criteria of evaluation are employed. We do not live “by truth alone,” and our historical accounts of scientific communities cannot artificially assume that we do. In what follows, some of these recent insights are reflected back...

..., a conflict of interests between the two, conflict evidently necessary for and inseparable from coopera- tion. Another instance of conflict bound necessarily to cooperation: the soldiers of a regiment and their commander cooperate in realiz- ing a military goal; nevertheless, and necessarily...

..., but not of any intent they have had either at that time or ever. (1935, § 2254, p. 1577)5 5. The term "speculators" as used by Pareto refers to the economic equivalent to Class I residues. Examples are business and financial interests influential in forging government policy. Pareto on Conflict Resolution...

...- tion, are in conflict with the interests of the community and, on occa- sion, with the interests of a particular firm as a ‘going concern.’9 I11 From the above it follows that in Veblen’s analysis there is a pos- sibility of conflict between the ‘managers...

... toward others when his personal interests conflict with social in- terests. The conclusion is that the pressure of the public forum (the po- litical marketplace) is such that one must uphold public standards in or- der to maintain one’s status and acceptability in the society in which one...

... been pub- lished about the character and problems of the society whose future devel- opment is, in principle at least, the main issue of conflict between the Vietnamese Communists and their opponents” (Smith 1971, 187). The shift of interest toward peasants was evident on the Pacification...

... diversion away from the issue of industrial progress and the necessity for political alliances involving all classes precisely on that basis”(p. 49). For serious scholars, this essay can only be described as more entertaining than enlightening, although it might be interesting to contrast...

... behavior estimate price elasticities of de- mand for cigarettes; public finance economists analyze whether cutting capital gains taxes will raise revenues; trade economists measure trade elasticities; those interested in business cycles estimate interest rate elas- ticities. Empirical activity has...

... of conflict The financing of World War I1 at a fixed pattern of interest rates, ranging from 3/% on bills to 2%% on bonds, was at the heart of the conflict which was to develop between the Federal Reserve and the Treasury. The agree- ment to maintain this low level of interest rates, reached during...

... market and non-market forces. Institutional economics also includes John R. Commons’ idea that new institutions embody the goals of rising interest groups. They may also appear as means for resolving social conflicts. Where Ayres and his followers emphasized conflict among new and old, Commons...

... published The Wealth of Nations, and the Napoleonic Wars were the backdrop of discussion in Malthus's Essay and Ricardo's Principles. Only John Stuart Mill and the later classicals had the luxury of reflecting on international conflict with the detachment born of the nineteenth-century Pax Britannica...

... suitable for doing business. I5 In addition, when business interests of two or more nations met in a less developed part of the world, military force was often the final arbiter of conflicts over terms on which the market would be shared. Thus were colonial wars and imperialistic conflicts born (1904,295...

... the economic consequences of war and the difficulties of reconstruction. It had no equations or maps, but counted a dozen visual representations. Of particular interest are drawings inspired by Lewin s field theory and picturing regions of possible action and conflict by sets. Those drawings, included...