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Mechanistic Physiology and Institutional Economics: Jacques Loeb and Thorstein Veblen

Rasmussen, Charles T.; Tilman, Rick - In: International Journal of Social Economics 19 (1992) 10/11/12, pp. 235-247

Discusses the correspondence and use of each other′s ideas of Loeb and Veblen which are seen to be significant both in understanding the evolution of their own thought and as commentary on the times.

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Capital‐Labour Tensions and Liberal Economic Thought

Wisman, Jon D. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 19 (1992) 10/11/12, pp. 279-297

industrial economies, with special attention given to the case of the USA. Concludes with a discussion of how intensified …

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The Making of an American Communist: William Z. Foster

O'Donnell, L.A. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 20 (1993) 5/6/7, pp. 142-152

Analyses the career of William Zebulon Foster, a leader of the American Communist Party, and a three‐time candidate for President of the United States under that party′s banner. Foster rose from the slums of Philadelphia to earn the reputation of an accomplished labour organizer and then to...

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Forging a Catholic‐Evangelical alliance in the American context

O’Neil, Daniel J. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 22 (1995) 9/10/11, pp. 90-108

Explores the possibility and probability of a Catholic‐Evangelical alliance within the US social arena. Notes the numerical strength and systemic importance of each tradition. Examines the histories, tenets, politics, economic teachings and lifestyles of the two respective orientations. Cites...

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Catholic and Evangelical élites in dialogue and alliance

Rutan, Gerard F. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 22 (1995) 9/10/11, pp. 109-134

Throughout their histories the Evangelical and Catholic communities have been traditional opponents. Seldom have they agreed, and never have they joined to work as one within the US society and polity. However, beginning in the early 1990s some small, self‐identifying élites from each...

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Catholic and Evangelical voting: 1992 and 1994

Kenski, Henry - In: International Journal of Social Economics 22 (1995) 9/10/11, pp. 149-164

Uses Voter Research and Survey General Exit Polls to compare the political orientation of Catholics and Evangelicals. Since aggregates reveal, but also conceal, the data are disaggregated by race‐ethnicity (white and non‐white) and church attendance (weekly attenders and on‐weekly...

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Determinants of the Prison Population: An Empirical Analysis

Cameron, Samuel - In: International Journal of Social Economics 16 (1989) 8, pp. 17-25

A cross‐section of 1980 US data on the prison population and its rate of inflow is examined. Regression analysis is used to investigate the impact of prison overcrowding, race, crime and unemployment on the above variables. Racial composition and overcrowding are found to have significant...

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How to Save the Underclass

Oehlers, Alfred L. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 25 (1998) 9, pp. 1446-1448

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Our Common Journey. A Transition toward Sustainability

Simonis, Udo E. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 29 (2002) 4, pp. 335-340

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The Great Recession: a comparison of recession magnitudes in Europe, USA and Japan

Mazurek, Jiří - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

In this article recession magnitudes in Europe, the USA and Japan during the Great Recession are compared. The … strongest recessions (of severe category) occurred in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, while recessions in Japan and the USA were …-1933 in the USA. Hence, comparisons of the Great Recession to the Great Depression in the literature are somewhat exaggerated. …

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