August Lösch (1906-1945) is one of the classics of spatial economic theory. His most important work, “The Spatial Order of the Economy“ (Jena 1940), translated into English in 1954 under the - slightly misleading - title “The Economics of Location“, became internationally recognized as...

Ake E.Andersson has always been intellectually on the move. He has selected his own track through the academic system and has formed a school of thought which has brought him international recognition. The cornerstones of his scie¤ntific interest are welfare analysis, regional economic dynamics...

Urbanization, Sanitation, and Mortality in the Progressive Era, 1899-1929 -- The Continuing Puzzle of Hypertension among African Americans: Developmental Origins and the Mid-century Socioeconomic Transformation -- Health and Safety vs. Freedom of Contract: The Tortured Path of Wage and Hours...