"Institutional economics is a sociocultural discipline and policy science which draws on the idea that economies are best understood through an appreciation of history, real-world institutions, and socioeconomic interrelations. This book brings together leading institutionalists to examine the...

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...

F. Taylor Ostrander'S notes on G.D.H. Cole's lectures on Das Kapital -- Taylor Ostrander's notes from lectures by James E. Meade, Hertford College, Oxford University, 1932-1933 -- Notes from D.H. Macgregor's seminar on trade cycle theory and lectures on economic analysis, Oxford University,...

The collection includes both refereed articles and review essays. The articles highlight research on the role of western economic advisors in China before the Communist Revolution (Paul Trescott), John Ryan on minimum wage legislation, a symposium on Clement Juglar, and a comparison of recent...