ABSTRACT
The Economic mind of America examines: * the concept of 'American' economic thought * reassessment of pioneering American policy analysts such as Irving Fisher, Wesley Mitchell, Harold Moulton and Leo Paslovsky, as well as the theoretical contributions of Herbert Davenport and Frank Knight * Thorstein Veblen's institutional economics and an explora
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part I ROUNDTABLE ON AMERICAN ECONOMICS
part |2 pages
Part II PIONEERS OF AMERICAN POLICY ANALYSIS
chapter 7|17 pages
VISION ACCOMPLISHED
Harold Moulton and Leo Pasvolsky of the Brookings Institution as champions of a new world order
part |2 pages
Part III CONTRIBUTIONS TO THEORY AND MEASUREMENT
chapter 10|20 pages
FRANK KNIGHT’S POSITION ON CAPITAL AND INTEREST
Foundation of the Knight/Hayek/Kaldor debate
part |2 pages
Part IV INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS
chapter 13|21 pages
COMMONS VERSUS VEBLEN ON THE PLACE OF THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE SOCIAL PROCESS
A case of methodological divergence
part |2 pages
Part V AMERICAN ORIGINALS
chapter 15|14 pages
The social conscience of an American economist: Alvin S. Johnson as advocate/reformer
Alvin S.Johnson as advocate/reformer
part |2 pages
Part VI AMERICAN ECONOMISTS AND THE WORLD
