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Nunn, Nathan - 2020

In this chapter, I consider the benefits of viewing history through an evolutionary lens. In recent decades, a field of research has emerged, which builds on foundations from biological evolution to study culture within an evolutionary framework. I begin the chapter by discussing the theory...

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From Galileo to Modern Economics : The Italian Origins of Econophysics

Tusset, Gianfranco - 2018

Empirical laws are rare in economics. This book describes efforts to anchor economic knowledge to invariant empirical laws. It links 17th and 18th century Galilean monetary economists to econophysics, a field that emerged in the mid-1990s. This virtual journey from past to present is charted by...

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Suspicions of Markets : Critical Attacks from Aristotle to the Twenty-First Century

Rutherford, Donald - 2016

In this work, Rutherford reviews why Adam Smith, Hayek, Mises and others praised economic markets, with a view to understanding, in contrast, historical attacks on markets dating as far back as Aristotle. The market has long been criticized as an inappropriate method of allocation, encouraging...

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The Econometricians : Gauss, Galton, Pearson, Fisher, Hotelling, Cowles, Frisch and Haavelmo

Read, Colin - 2016

This is the seventh book in a series of discussions about the great minds in the history and theory of finance. While the series addresses the contributions of scholars in our understanding of financial decisions and markets, this seventh book describes how econometrics developed and how its...

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Fighting the Last War : Economists on the Lender of Last Resort

Grossman, Richard S. - 2015

In this paper we trace the evolution of the lender of last resort doctrine--and its implementation--from the nineteenth century through the panic of 2008. We find that typically the most influential economists "fight the last war": formulating policy guidelines that would have dealt effectively...

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Handbook of the History of Economic Thought : Insights on the Founders of Modern Economics

Backhaus, Jürgen G. - 2012

Introduction -- The Tradition of Economic Thought in the Mediterranean World from the Ancient Classical Times Through the Hellenistic Times until the Byzantine Times and Arab-Islamic World -- Mercantilism -- The Cameralists: Fertile Sources for a New Science of Public Finance -- The Physiocrats,...

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Der Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft : Geschichte des VHB und Geschichten zum VHB

Burr, Wolfgang (ed.); Wagenhofer, Alfred (ed.) - Verband der Hochschullehrer für Betriebswirtschaft - 2012

Die Geschichte des VHB. - Die Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Betriebswirtschaftslehre -- Wiederkehrende Themen … eine systematische Darstellung der Entwicklung des VHB und damit ebenso der Betriebswirtschaftslehre (BWL). Die Geschichte … (1948-1970) und die Zeit des Wachstums (1970-2000). Der zweite Teil gibt einen Überblick über die Geschichte der …

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Die Entwicklung der Marketingdisziplin : Wandel der marktorientierten Unternehmensführung in Wissenschaft und Praxis

Sepehr, Philipp - 2014

Der Wandel der Marketingdisziplin -- Historisch-genetische Entwicklung der Marketingdisziplin -- Marketingdisziplin im Status quo: Empirische Bestandsaufnahme -- Perspektiven zur Weiterentwicklung der Marketingdisziplin.

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Arts, Sciences, and Economics : A Historical Safari

Puu, Tönu - 2015 - 2nd ed. 2015

This book deals with the economic aspects of changing attitudes in arts and sciences. The effects of the public good character of culture, along with the very long production period and lifetime for its products, are emphasized, since both contribute to the failure of normal market solutions....

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Die Geschichte des ökonomischen Denkens

Söllner, Fritz - 2015 - 4., korr. Aufl. 2015

"Die Geschichte des ökonomischen Denkens" gibt einen umfassenden und dennoch detaillierten Überblick über die …

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