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...Axel Leijonhufvud Copyright © 1973 by Duke University Press 1973 INA recent issue of this journal, Professor Buchanan has used the case of the backbending supply curve for labor to raise the question whether the current choice-theoretical “orthodoxy” does not, at least...

...Vernard Foley Copyright © 1974 by Duke University Press 1974 The division of labor in Plato and Smith Vernard Foley In the Wealth of Nations the division of labor conception is the central theme of the more theoretical portions of the book. Since Plato was one...

... relates to his account of the problem situation against which Hayek wrote. Caldwell here, importantly, highlights the way in which an enthusiasm for planning of the kind with which Hayek was taking issue was to be found not only in Laski and the Brit- ish Labour Party, but also in the leading British...

...Malcolm Rutherford This essay examines the various field observational methods used in labor economics in the United States from the early 1900s to the 1930s. Labor relations, at that time, was an area of critical importance as well as an area in which existing economic theory provided little...

... and Conversion: Henry S. Dennison and the Shaping of J. K. Galbraith's Economic Thought. Journal of Economic Issues 34.4 : 949 -67. ____. 2005 . Magnus Alexander, the Economists, and the Issue of Labour Turnover. Business History 47.4 : 493 -510. ____. 2006 . Henry Dennison, Elton Mayo, and Human...

...Alexander Bajt Copyright © 1971 by Duke University Press 1971 Labor as Scarcity in Marx’s Value Theory: An Alternative Interpretation Alexander Bajt MAR~~SCa.pital is a voluminous work. Together its four volumes comprise over 4,000 pa.-ges.l...

...E. K. Hunt Copyright © 1979 by Duke University Press 1979 History of Political Economy 11:4 1979 by Duke University Press Utilitarianism and the labor theory of value: a critique of the ideas of William...

... of Political Economy 94 . 5 : 1002 -37. Rosenberg , Nathan. 1965 . Adam Smith on the Division of Labour: Two Views or One? Economica 32 . 126 : 127 -39. Rostow , W. W. 1992 . Theorists of Economic Growth from David Hume to the Present . Oxford: Oxford University Press. Schumpeter...

... of the Eighteenth Century . London: George Allen and Unwin. Benham , W. Gurney. 1926 . Putnam's Complete Book of Quotations, Proverbs, and Household Words . New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Berg , Elliott J. 1961 . Backward-Sloping Labor Supply Functions in Dual Economies—The Africa Case...

... . 1982 . Good City . Translated by Seyyed Jaafar Sajadi. Tehran: Zuhuri Publishers. Foley , Vernard . 1974 . The Division of Labor in Plato and Smith. HOPE 6.2 : 220 -42. Ghazali , Abu Hamed . 1989 . Ihya-al-Ulum-al-Deen . Translated by Mohammad Kharazi. 2d ed. 4 vols. Tehran...

...Paul J. McNulty Copyright © 1975 by Duke University Press 1975 [HOPE Vol. 7 (1975) No. 31 A note on the division of labor in Plato and Smith Paul .I.McNulty In a recent analysis of the concept of division of labor, Vernard Foley has suggested that Adam Smith “could...

... and the labor theory of value Hans Brems Mid-eighteenth and mid-nineteenth century economists alike tried to determine relative prices by relative absorptions of a single input. To the former, that input was land use; to the latter it was labor. Let the two schools...

...Daniel Silvermintz This article challenges the long-standing belief that Plato is an early proponent of the division of labor on account of the political proposals advanced in the Republic . In contrast, I contend that the Republic offers a radical critique—rather than any endorsement—of job...

... as well) for deficiencies in “backbending” labor supply analysis. After a very long silence over this matter in the economic literature, James Buchanan, in 1971, unsuccessfully tried to propagate Lionel Robbins's use of the offer-curve approach for labor supply analysis. He praised its general equilibrium...

...Jorge Morales Meoqui With the famous numerical example of chapter 7 of the Principles (1817) David Ricardo intended to illustrate first and foremost the new proposition that his labor theory of value does not regulate the price of international transactions when the factors of production...

...Vibha Kapuria-Foreman; Charles R. McCann, Jr. The Wisconsin school of labor history and labor economics rose and fell within a particular historical context. While Richard T. Ely studied labor union movements in pursuit of furthering social progress, others, such as John R. Commons and Selig...

....” History of Political Economy 1 (Spring): 67 -84. Foxwell , H. S. 1895 . A criticism of Lord Farrer on the monetary standard . London. Reprinted from the National Review, Jan. 1895. Gordon , Donald F. 1959 . “What was the labor theory of value?” American Economic Review 49 (May...

... and the social division of labor. By Michael Perelman. Totowa, N. J., and London: Rowman & Allan- held, 1984. Pp. 270. $28.50. Stimulated by interests quite different from those usually informing writers on the history of economic thought, Michael Perelman has produced a correspond- ingly...

...- tion of the opposing views. A fine effort and a pleasure to read, this is a splendid analysis of the history of econometrics and an important contribution to the literature. Colorado College VIBHA KAPURIA-FOREMAN Marx’s Crises Theory: Scarcity, Labor, and Finance...