Purpose – This paper aims to analyze Emil Lederer's and Sumner Slichter's theses on the concept of technological unemployment. Design/methodology/approach – Given the presence of core elements of both economists' visions in the famous Debate on Technological Unemployment (1928-1933), it is...

Purpose – Joseph Alois Schumpeter's ideas are in the discussion agenda of various economists working in different theoretical traditions. However, several aspects of his work remain unexplored. In particular, the origin of his ideas in the context of the then prevalent economic theories of the...

Purpose – Joseph Alois Schumpeter's ideas are in the discussion agenda of various economists working in different theoretical traditions. However, several aspects of his work remain unexplored. In particular, the origin of his ideas in the context of the then prevalent economic theories of the...

Purpose: The main goal of this paper is to provide us with a more systematic framework for examining the moral background of markets. Design/methodology/approach: The paper makes an attempt to put forward a way of market evaluation relying upon the three major moral theories of utilitarianism,...

"This book discusses key issues in economic policy in the context of the history of economic thought. Most of the current and past academic controversies in economics are, explicitly or implicitly, centered around the application and form of economic policy. This is particularly evident in the...