Description: The Institutionalist Movement in American Economics, 19181947 by Malcolm Rutherford This book deals with the institutionalist movement in American economics, a movement that was a significant part of American economics in the interwar period. This movement emphasized the importance of institutions, an empirical approach and the need for new forms of social control. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book provides a detailed picture of the institutionalist movement in American economics concentrating on the period between the two World Wars. The discussion brings a new emphasis on the leading role of Walton Hamilton in the formation of institutionalism, on the special importance of the ideals of science and social control embodied within the movement, on the large and close network of individuals involved, on the educational programs and research organizations created by institutionalists and on the significant place of the movement within the mainstream of interwar American economics. In these ways the book focuses on the group most closely involved in the active promotion of the movement, on how they themselves constructed it, on its original intellectual appeal and promise and on its institutional supports and sources of funding. Author Biography Malcolm Rutherford is Professor of Economics at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and the leading authority on the history of American institutional economics. He has published widely on this topic in History of Political Economy, the Journal of the History of Economic Thought, the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, the Journal of Economic Perspectives and Labor History. He is the author of Institutions in Economics: The Old and the New Institutionalism, published by Cambridge University Press (1994). Professor Rutherford has served as President of the History of Economics Society and the Association for Evolutionary Economics. Table of Contents Part I. Introduction: 1. Institutionalism in the history of economics; 2. Understanding institutional economics; Part II. Institutionalist Careers: 3. Walton Hamilton: institutionalism and the public control of business; 4. Morris Copeland: institutionalism and statistics; Part III. Centers of Institutional Economics: 5. Institutionalism at Chicago and beyond; 6. Amherst and the Brookings Graduate School; 7. Wisconsin institutionalism; 8. Institutionalism at Columbia University; 9. The NBER and the foundations; Part IV. Challenges and Changes: 10. The institutionalist reaction to Keynesian economics; 11. Neoclassical challenges and institutionalist responses; Part V. Conclusion: 12. Institutionalism in retrospect. Review This book establishes, more thoroughly than any previous study, the breadth and importance of the interwar institutionalist movement in the United States. It is likely to become the standard work on an episode that is central to the history of American economics in the twentieth century. Roger E. Backhouse, University of BirminghamMalcolm Rutherfords archival digging has yielded a rich harvest in fresh insights. An admirable performance! William J. Barber, Wesleyan UniversityMalcolm Rutherfords book is the best history yet written of American economics of the first half of the twentieth century. By exploding the myths that surround institutional economics, he has given us a fresh look at what American economics was and how it evolved in the three decades following the First World War. Bradley W. Bateman, Denison UniversityAmerican institutionalism has often been viewed as a curiosity - interesting to those intrigued by arcane and misguided ideas, but tangential to the economics mainstream. Rutherfords careful historical reconstruction places institutionalism much closer to the center of the discipline in America during the interwar years, showing how it was intertwined with other elements vying for the disciplines attention. Of equal interest is his account of its postwar marginalization, as the profession redefined and realigned itself relative to the other social sciences and new directions in the American polity. Ross B. Emmett, James Madison College, Michigan State UniversityWith this meticulously researched piece of scholarship, Rutherford has fundamentally altered our understanding of the history of American institutionalism. This book will be the starting point for all subsequent work in the area, and the standard against which it will be measured. Steven G. Medema, University of Colorado, DenverRutherford has written a truly outstanding book on the Institutionalist Movement of the inter-war period that is unlikely to be surpassed! Of course there will be amendments here and there, but his interpretation of the central thrust of the Movement will remain unchanged. Frederic S. Lee, History of Economic Thought and Policy Promotional This book deals with the institutionalist movement in American economics, a significant part of American economics in the interwar period. Prizes Joint winner of Best Monograph Award, European Society for the History of Economic Thought 2013 Review Quote With this meticulously researched piece of scholarship, Rutherford has fundamentally altered our understanding of the history of American institutionalism. This book will be the starting point for all subsequent work in the area, and the standard against which it will be measured. Steven G. Medema, University of Colorado, Denver Promotional "Headline" This book deals with the institutionalist movement in American economics, a significant part of American economics in the interwar period. Description for Bookstore This book deals with the institutionalist movement in American economics, a movement that was a significant part of American economics in the interwar period. This movement emphasized the importance of institutions, an empirical approach and the need for new forms of social control. 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Details ISBN1107626080 Author Malcolm Rutherford Pages 424 Publisher Cambridge University Press Series Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics Year 2013 ISBN-10 1107626080 ISBN-13 9781107626089 Format Paperback Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Science and Social Control Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom Birth 1948 DEWEY 330.973 Short Title INSTITUTIONALIST MOVEMENT IN A Language English Media Book Residence -CN Affiliation University of Victoria, British Columbia Publication Date 2013-09-19 Illustrations 9 Tables, unspecified UK Release Date 2013-09-19 AU Release Date 2013-09-19 NZ Release Date 2013-09-19 Alternative 9780511977046 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:91392383;
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Book Title: The Institutionalist Movement in American Economics, 19181947
Number of Pages: 424 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Institutionalist Movement in American Economics, 1918-1947: Science and Social Control
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2013
Subject: Economics, Archaeology
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 620 g
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Author: Malcolm Rutherford
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