The Economic Mind in America: Essays in the History of American Economics

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgements xi
• Introduction 1
• Part I - Roundtable on American Economics 7
• 1 - What is American About American Economics? 9
• 2 - Remarks on “american-Ness” in American Economic Thought 18
• 3 - What is “american” About U.S. Economics? 21
• 4 - Comment on “what is American About American Economics?” 25
• References 27
• Part II - Pioneers of American Policy Analysis 29
• 5 - Irving Fisher as a Policy Advocate 31
• 6 - Social Science and the Making of Social Policy 43
• Notes 75
• 7 - Vision Accomplished 80
• Part III - Contributions to Theory and Measurement 97

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Acknowledgements xi
• Introduction 1
• Part I - Roundtable on American Economics 7
• 1 - What is American About American Economics? 9
• 2 - Remarks on “american-Ness” in American Economic Thought 18
• 3 - What is “american” About U.S. Economics? 21
• 4 - Comment on “what is American About American Economics?” 25
• References 27
• Part II - Pioneers of American Policy Analysis 29
• 5 - Irving Fisher as a Policy Advocate 31
• 6 - Social Science and the Making of Social Policy 43
• Notes 75
• 7 - Vision Accomplished 80
• Part III - Contributions to Theory and Measurement 97
• 8 - Herbert J.Davenport’s Transformation of the Austrian Theory of Value and Cost 99
• 9 - The Quest for an Ideal Index 128
• 10 - Frank Knight’s Position on Capital and Interest 145
• References 162
• Part IV - Institutional Economics 165
• 11 - Europe in America 167
• 12 - Marshall, Veblen, and the Search for an Evolutionary Economics 190
• Notes 207
• 13 - Commons Versus Veblen on the Place of the Individual in the Social Process 210
• Part V - American Originals 231
• 14 - Peirce’s Economic Reasoning in His Methodological Essay, “on the Logic of Drawing History from Ancient Documents Especially from Testimonies” 233
• 15 - The Social Conscience of an American Economist 258
• 16 - Robert A.Heinlein and Issues in American Economics 272
• References 292
• Part VI - American Economists and the World 293
• 17 - The International Dimension of American Economics 295
• Index 325