<DIV>A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets and private property had existed for millennia, but what other key institutions fostered capitalism’s relatively recent emergence? Until now, the conceptual toolkit available to answer this question...</div>

Of paramount importance to the natural sciences, the principles of Darwinism, which involve variation, inheritance, and selection, are increasingly of interest to social scientists as well. But no one has provided a truly rigorous account of how the principles apply to the evolution of human...

<DIV>We are well aware of the rise and dominance of the one percent as the rapid growth of economic inequality has seen the majority of the world’s wealth held in the pockets of fewer and fewer. One much-discussed solution to this imbalance is to significantly increase the rate at which we are...</div>

<DIV>“Alaska is now open to civilization.” With those six words in 1900, the northernmost territory finally had a connection with the rest of the country. The telegraph system put in place by the US Army Signal Corps heralded  the start of Alaska’s communication network. Yet, as hopeful as...</div>

<DIV>Robert William Fogel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1993.<BR><BR>"To take a trip around the mind of Robert Fogel, one of the grand old men of American economic history, is a rare treat. At every turning, you come upon some shiny pearl of information."—<I>The Economist</I><BR><BR>In this...</i></div>

<DIV>Two and a half centuries after the American Revolution the United States stands as one of the greatest powers on earth and the undoubted leader of the western hemisphere. This stupendous evolution was far from a foregone conclusion at independence. The conquest of the North American continent...</div>

<DIV><DIV>In <I>Corporate Policy and Governance</I>, Fredmund Malik offers insight into his cybernetic toolkit along with instructions for its use. He argues that businesses and other societal institutions can function “autodynamically”—in much the same fashion that modern technology steers, controls, and...</i></div></div>

<DIV><DIV><P>Traditionally, social scientists have assumed that past imperialism hinders the future development prospects of colonized nations. Challenging this widespread belief, Matthew Lange argues in <I>Lineages of Despotism and Development</I> that countries once under direct British imperial control have...</i></p></div></div>

<DIV>In <I>John Locke: Economist and Social Scientist</I> Karen Iversen Vaughn presents a comprehensive treatment of Locke's important position in the development of eighteenth century economic thought.