Ill's theory of the taxation of land -- Kant's critique of judgment -- Some neglected points in the theory of socialism -- Böhm-Bawerk's definition of capital and the source of wages -- The food supply and the price of wheat -- Review of the land-systems of British India by B.H. Baden-Powell --...

Demonstrates how ideas in economics have shaped business decisions and models, as well as government policies. Discusses the pace of future innovation, how economists think about the world, and the role and importance of markets and their limits.

"The book studies the origins and evolution of economic textbooks in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, up to the turning point represented by Paul Samuelson's Economics (1948), which became the template for all the textbooks of the postwar period. The case studies included in the book...

This volume presents a collection of essays honoring Professor Thomas E. Weisskopf, one of the most prominent contributors to the field of radical economics. Beginning his academic career at Harvard before moving to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Professor Weisskopf has spent the past...