I argue that economists have reasons internal to the way that evidence works in the sciences to re-discover the importance of the history of their own discipline. For it is a constitutive element of science - here conceived as an ongoing research practice (as opposed to as an explanatory...

The recognition of the key importance of economic stability after World War I sparked interest in business forecasting on both sides of the Atlantic. This article explores the creation and the rapid international and domestic dissemination of the Harvard Index of General Business Conditions in...

The paper examines the evolution of the thesis which states that the type of colonization determines, or conditions, the future of societies. Adam Smith already presented this proposition and a typology of colonies. However, it were the German authors Heeren and Roscher, in the 19th century, who...

Using information collected from American Economic Review publications of the last 100 years, we try to provide answers to various questions: Which are the top AER publishing institutions and countries? Which are the top AER papers based on citation success? How frequently is someone able to...

The modern approach to the market as a place with autonomy depends on a certain view of money. According to that view, money is a neutral technology that expresses individual choices made about real goods and services. But the controversies over money that regularly arise in political...

This study aims to explore the historical roots of the contribution of Muslim scientists in the field of Accounting. By using a qualitative descriptive method and historical approach, the results of the study show that Islamic Accounting was developed earlier by Muslims than conventional...

Introduced over the backdrop of collective humanity's semi-conscious march towards unsustainable future by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY PHILOSOPHY (SEP) posits an alternative path. In a SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY, economic drives & decisions, processes &...

Sufficient Economy is our topical framework of economic thoughts. Sufficient Economy has been defined as per the ‘Sufficiency Economy Description and Definition' Set, henceforth abbreviated as SED&D, which shall form de rigor the basis of our interpretation and elaboration from here onward. We...

Russian Abstract: Работа посвящена моделированию предметного поля академической дисциплины на примере (бухгалтерского) учета. Для демаркации границ дисциплины...

For almost half a century, Alfred D. Chandler Jr. has enjoyed an enviable reputation as the most influential business historian in the world. Yet, there is one dimension of his scholarship that has thus far been mostly overlooked. And that is its indebtedness to, and refinement of, the genre of...