John Adams, the second president of the United States, and Thorstein Veblen are two of the nation's most original social thinkers. Although there is no evidence of any direct link between the two, they share common views of economic affairs. They believed that consumption was driven by emulation...

Este artículo examina las semejanzas y diferencias entre economía institucional y economía de la elección pública: el interés común por el papel del gobierno en la sociedad y en la economía, el reconocimiento de que poder y los grupos de interés son esenciales en la conformación de la...

In the last ten years, there has been a growing interest in the role of neighborhoods in shaping a variety of outcomes for families, adults, and children. Although theoretical perspectives are well advanced and the basic statistical methods for modeling neighborhood effects are in place, a major...