1. Editorial: Consequences of Social Transformation for Economic Theory -- 2. A Survey on Business Cycles: History, Theory and Empirical Findings -- 3. Implementation of the Evolutionary-Genetic Methodology in the Mechanisms of Synthesis of Economic Theory -- 4. Synthesis of Mainstream and...

This paper looks at Lochner v. New York and the question of maximum hours laws as a policy rather than a constitutional issue. It argues that the laws were detrimental to the interests of workers. Jobs entailing long hours of work provided a necessary foothold for ethnic immigrants. Jobs with...