Allgemeine Betriebswirtschaftslehre -- Theorie der Produktion — Theorie der Firma -- Variable kalkulatorische Abschreibungen — Ein Nachtrag -- Der Einfluss der steuerlichen Behandlung von Schuldzinsen auf die Vorteilhaftigkeit fremdfinanzierter Investitionen -- Strukturgleichungsmodelle in...

In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar's long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. I describe how the book is an economic history of the period from 1850-1950, with distinguished economists' stories inserted in appropriate places. Nasar's goal is to show how economists work, but also to...

The proportion female in the economics profession in the U.S. has been low historically compared with other disciplines. Although the percentage of Ph.D. degrees awarded to women and the representation of women on faculties have increased over time, economics still lags many other fields....