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   Knowledge, Institutions and Evolution in Economics » Read Now

   by Brian J. Loasby. 170 pgs.

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   Winner of the Schumpeter Prize, 2000 and Winner of the Smith Prize in Austrian Economics, 2000, this book explores how the limitations of human knowledge create both opportunities and problems in the modern economy. The growing field of evolutionary economics has developed as a result of the...

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   Winner of the Schumpeter Prize, 2000 and Winner of the Smith Prize in Austrian Economics, 2000, this book explores how the limitations of human knowledge create both opportunities and problems in the modern economy. The growing field of evolutionary economics has developed as a result of the traditional failure of the discipline to explain certain phenomena that impact greatly on the economy. These are:*Evolution - the impact on the economy of natural change over time*Institutions - the impact on the economy of government and/or company policy, rules and regulations*Knowledge - the impact on the economy that is felt when new information becomes availableKnowledge, Institutions and Evolution in Economics is a punchy overview of these topics and one that has become regarded as something of a modern classic that no serious social sciences academic or student should be without.

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   The Evolution of Institutional Economics: Agency, Structure, and Darwinism in American Institutionalism » Read Now

   by Geoffrey M. Hodgson. 535 pgs.

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   Geoffrey Hodgson's book charts the rise, fall and renewal of institutional economics in the critical, analytical and readable style.
   
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   The Reconstruction of Economics: An Analysis of the Fundamentals of Institutional Economics » Read Now

   by Allan G. Gruchy, Donald R. Stabile, Norton T. Dodge. 180 pgs.

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   "Allan Gruchy, the elder statesman of the institutionalist school of economic thought, has written a book which is important because it is both insightful and profound. Gruchy seeks to identify and to describe the essential unity of institutionalist economic thought. He finds the essence of...

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   "Allan Gruchy, the elder statesman of the institutionalist school of economic thought, has written a book which is important because it is both insightful and profound. Gruchy seeks to identify and to describe the essential unity of institutionalist economic thought. He finds the essence of institutionalism in the paradigmatic shift away from the old scientific paradigm of orthodox economics, which emphsizes static equilibrium, to the new scientific paradigm of institutionalist economics, which emphasizes dynamic process. . . . Gruchy cal; ls for a reconstruction of economics which is long overdue." Review of Social Economy

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   The Struggle over the Soul of Economics: Institutionalist and Neoclassical Economists in America between the Wars » Read Now

   by Yuval P. Yonay. 290 pgs.

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   This book provides a surprising answer to two puzzling questions that relate to the very "soul" of the professional study of economics in the late twentieth century. How did the discipline of economics come to be dominated by an approach that is heavily dependent on mathematically derived models?...

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   This book provides a surprising answer to two puzzling questions that relate to the very "soul" of the professional study of economics in the late twentieth century. How did the discipline of economics come to be dominated by an approach that is heavily dependent on mathematically derived models? And what happened to other approaches to the discipline that were considered to be scientifically viable less than fifty years ago? Between the two world wars there were two well-accepted schools of thought in economics: the "neoclassical," which emerged in the last third of the nineteenth century, and the "institutionalist," which started with the works of Veblen and Commons at the end of the same century. Although the contributions of the institutionalists are nearly forgotten now, Yuval Yonay shows that their legacy lingers in the study and practice of economics today. By reconsidering their impact and by analyzing the conflicts that arose between neoclassicists and institutionalists, Yonay brings to life a hidden chapter in the history of economics.

   The author is a sociologist of science who brings a unique perspective to economic history. By utilizing the actor-network approach of Bruno Latour and Michel Callon, he arrives at a deeper understanding of the nature of the changes that took place in the practice of economics. His analysis also illuminates a broader set of issues concerning the nature of scientific practice and the forces behind changes in scientific knowledge.

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   Toward a New Economics: Essays in Post-Keynesian and Institutionalist Theory » Read Now

   by Alfred S. Eichner. 246 pgs.

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   ...Economics Toward a New Economics Essays in Post-Keynesian and Institutionalist Theory Alfred...essays, lectures. 3. Institutional economics-- Addresses, essays...Eichner...
   
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   Underground Economics: A Decade of Institutionalist Dissent » Read Now

   by William M. Dugger. 372 pgs.

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   ...ISBN 0-87332-799-3 1. Institutional economics. 2. Neoclassical school...Underground Tradition: Institutional Economics at the Opening of the...This anthology is about...
   
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   Inequality: Radical Institutionalist Views on Race, Gender, Class, and Nation » Read Now

   by William M. Dugger. 287 pgs.

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   Radical institutionalism--a processual paradigm focused on changing the direction of cultural evolution and the function of social provisioning in order to promote the full participation of all--defines inequality as evolving from class exploitation, gender domination, race discrimination, and...

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   Radical institutionalism--a processual paradigm focused on changing the direction of cultural evolution and the function of social provisioning in order to promote the full participation of all--defines inequality as evolving from class exploitation, gender domination, race discrimination, and national predation. Radical institutionalism states that inequality is not determined by genetic differences between groups, innate differences between sexes, or class differences. It is believed that mainstream thinking in economics and related studies is not broad enough to capture the complexity of this social pathology.

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   Economic Evolution: An Enquiry into the Foundations of New Institutional Economics » Read Now

   by Jack J. Vromen. 248 pgs.

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   John R. Commons: Selected Essays » Read Now

   by Malcolm Rutherford, Warren J. Samuels. 306 pgs.

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   John R. Commons is one of the most significant figures in the development of American economics. One of the founders of the Institutional school, Commons developed theories of the evolution of capitalism and of institutional change which continue to influence modern economics. These volumes collect...

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   John R. Commons is one of the most significant figures in the development of American economics. One of the founders of the Institutional school, Commons developed theories of the evolution of capitalism and of institutional change which continue to influence modern economics. These volumes collect, for the first time, his major essays and articles.

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    The Demarcation between the "Old" and the "New" Institutional Economics: Recent Complications, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now

    by David Dequech. 8 pgs.

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    ...the "old" and the "new" institutional economics: recent complications...from the so-called "new institutional economics" (NIE hereafter). Recent...What Is the Essence of...
    
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    Comparison of Marxism and Institutionalism, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now

    by William M. Dugger, Howard J. Sherman. 27 pgs.

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    ...Veblen, the founder of institutional economics. Power relationships are...meet alternative uses. Institutional economics asks how specific resources...is the only constant...
    
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    What Is the Essence of Institutional Economics?, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now

    by Geoffrey M. Hodgson. 14 pgs.

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    ...What Is the Essence of Institutional Economics? by Geoffrey M. Hodgson The term "institutional economics" was announced by Walton...1919, 309-11 claimed that institutional...
    
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    The Scope, Method, and Significance of Original Institutional Economics, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now

    by James Ronald Stanfield. 26 pgs.

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    ...significance of original institutional economics by James Ronald...attempt to characterize institutional economics, or, more specifically...OIE - Original (or Old)...
    
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    Institutional Economics after One Century, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now

    by Warren J. Samuels. 12 pgs.

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    ...Institutional Economics after One Century. by Warren J. Samuels Institutional economics, by any reckoning, has had its centenary. Alas, institutional economics is not what...
    
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    The Convergence of Austrian Economics and New Institutional Economics: Methodological Inconsistency and Political Motivations, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now

    by Giulio Palermo. 10 pgs.

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    ...Austrian economics and new institutional economics: methodological inconsistency...economics (AE) and new institutional economics (NIE) are methodologically...actually...
    
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    Schmoller, Durkheim, and Old European Institutionalist Economics, in Journal of Economic Issues » Read Now

    by Heino Heinrich Nau, Philippe Steiner. 20 pgs.

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    ...Durkheim, and Old European institutionalist economics. by Heino Heinrich...time, although the term "institutional economics" did not appear before...Nau 1997b, 49-102). His...