Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Volume 25A: A Research Annual (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology) ... History of Economic Thought and Methodology)

157 Pages·2007·1.07 MB·English

by  Warren J. Samuels

RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY OF
ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND
METHODOLOGY
A Research Annual
RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY OF
ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND
METHODOLOGY
Series Editors: Warren J. Samuels, Jeff E. Biddle and
Ross B. Emmett
Recent Volumes:
Volume 23A: Research in the History of Economic Thought
and Methodology: A Research Annual;
Warren J. Samuels, Jeff E. Biddle and
Ross B. Emmett; 2005
Volume 23B: Research in the History of Economic Thought
and Methodology: Documents from F. Taylor
Ostrander; Warren J. Samuels; 2005
Volume 23C: Research in the History of Economic Thought
and Methodology: Further University of
Wisconsin Materials and Further
Documents of F. Taylor Ostrander;
Warren J. Samuels; 2005
Volume 24A: Research in the History of Economic Thought
and Methodology: A Research Annual;
Warren J. Samuels, Jeff E. Biddle and
Ross B. Emmett; 2006
Volume 24B: Research in the History of Economic Thought
and Methodology: Further Documents from
F. Taylor Ostrander; Warren J. Samuels; 2006
Volume 24C: Research in the History of Economic Thought
and Methodology: Documents From and On
Economic Thought; Warren J. Samuels; 2006
RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
AND METHODOLOGY VOLUME 25-A
RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY
OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
AND METHODOLOGY
A Research Annual
EDITED BY
WARREN J. SAMUELS
Department of Economics, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
JEFF E. BIDDLE
Department of Economics, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
ROSS B. EMMETT
James Madison College, Michigan State University,
East Lansing, MI 48825, USA
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CONTENTS
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ix
EDITORIAL BOARD xi
REVIEW ESSAYS
Meadowcroft’s THE ETHICS OF THE MARKET
The Ethical Case for the Market
Ayman Reda 3
The Libertarian Fantasy of an Ethical Market
Joseph E. Pluta 13
The Virtues, Complexity, and Limits of Markets
David Schmidtz 25
Courgeau’s METHODOLOGY AND EPISTEMOLOGY
OF MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS
Methodological Holism and Individualism Confronted
Warren J. Samuels 33
Hardin’s INDETERMINACY AND SOCIETY
The Problematic Problematization of Choice and
Action
Daniel W. Bromley 39
Szenberg and Ramrattan’s REFLECTIONS OF EMINENT
ECONOMISTS
Essays in Autobiography
William J. Barber 49
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Davis’s RICARDO’S MACROECONOMICS
The Reinvention of Ricardo as an Applied Economist
Terry Peach 53
Evensky’s ADAM SMITH’S MORAL PHILOSOPHY
The Wealth of Nations and the Morality of Opulence
Jack Russell Weinstein 61
Backhaus’s ELGAR COMPANION TO LAW AND
ECONOMICS
Complaining about the Companion
Humberto Barreto 71
Hamowy’s POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY OF FREEDOM
Spontaneous and not so Spontaneous Orders
Peter McNamara 81
Ringman’s SURVIVING CAPITALISM
How to Survive Capitalism
Ayman Reda 89
Augello and Guidi’s ECONOMISTS IN PARLIAMENT IN
THE LIBERAL AGE and Maloney’s THE POLITICAL
ECONOMY OF ROBERT LOWE
Parliamentary Economists in the Liberal Age
Warren J. Samuels 97
Parisi and Rowley’s ORIGINS OF LAW AND
ECONOMICS
They May Not Be ‘‘Origins,’’ But They Are
‘‘Contributions’’ (For the Most Part)
Nicholas Mercuro 125
Contents vii
Jones’ CULTURES MERGING
The Missing Cultural Foundations of Economic
Globalization
Jonas Zoninsein 135
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED 141
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
William J. Barber Department of Economics, Wesleyan
University, USA
Humberto Barreto Department of Economics, Wabash
College, USA
Daniel W. Bromley Department of Agricultural and Applied
Economics, University of Wisconsin,
USA
Peter McNamara Department of Political Science, Utah
State University, USA
Nicholas Mercuro James Madison College, Michigan State
University, USA; Michigan State
University College of Law and James
Madison College Michigan State
University, USA
Terry Peach Economics, University of Manchester,
UK
Joseph E. Pluta Department of Economics, St. Edward’s
University, USA
Ayman Reda Department of Economics, Grand Valley
State University, USA
Warren J. Samuels Department of Economics, Michigan
State University, USA
David Schmidtz Departments of Philosophy and
Economics, University of Arizona, USA
Jack Russell Weinstein Department of Philosophy and Religion,
University of North Dakota, USA
Jonas Zoninsein James Madison College, Michigan State
University, USA
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