Ecological questions have proven particularly fruitful to illustrate Luhmann's theory of society as an integrative perspective cutting across the scientific, economic, legal, and political domains. In this paper, we will discuss the development of carbon trading as a case study of how reflexive...

That Coase's political convictions changed from an early socialism to a later neo-liberalism stands in apparent contrast to the theoretical consistency of his early ('The Nature of the Firm') and later ('The Problem of Social Cost') contributions to economics. Offering further evidence about his...

As this comprehensive Companion demonstrates, social economics is a dynamic and growing field that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in the larger web of social and ethical...

This paper is an introduction to a volume commemorating the life and work of Mark Blaug, a famous historian of economics.

This comment is part of a symposium on Ekkehart Schlicht, "On Custom in the Economy" (1998) Copyright 2002 The American Journal of Economics and Sociology.

The adoption of telematics is proceeding at a painfully slow pace in public administrations and health authorities. This paper tells the story of the emergence and benefits of a telematic-based system in the Scottish health service: telemedicine in Edinburgh and Lothian community maternity care....

The transition from exchange mediated by the technology of open outcry to that mediated more entirely by screen might be expected to alter the pronounced gendering of trading. Focusing on narrative repertoires of alternative trading regimes we examine how traders make sense of their activities...