About 50 years ago a lively discussion was started in the 'Notes and Memoranda' sections of the Economic Journal about the new welfare economics that had been initiated by Kaldor and Hicks 10 years earlier and was heavily criticized by Little in 1950. Altogether 18 Notes appeared dealing with...

The Seventies of last century saw a decisive break with the earlier tendencies of the 'golden age'. Particularly important was the return of persistent unemployment. The present paper gives an overview of the effects of this change on subsequent publications in the two core journals American...

The seventies of the last century saw a clear break with previous trends of '"golden age". Of crucial importance was the return to persistent unemployment. This article provides an overview of the effects of this change in the publications of the post in two major journals, the American Economic...

The Seventies of last century saw a decisive break with the earlier tendencies of the 'golden age'. Particularly important was the return of persistent unemployment. The present paper gives an overview of the effects of this change on subsequent publications in the two core journals American...