The authors suggest that most arguments in favor of deregulation are really double-edged swords which render the debate over deregulation inconclusive at best. They challenge the following positions as inconclusive: (1) that deregulation per se is good; (2) that it protects rights; (3) that...

In this book an exceptionally prestigious and international group of scholars mark the centenary of the publication of Veblen's The Theory of the Leisure Class and Commons' A Sociological View of Sovereignty

pt. 1. Pre-classical thought -- part 2. The Classical school -- part 3. The Marxian challenge -- part 4. The marginal revolution -- part 5. The development of macroeconomics -- part 6. Institutional economics -- part 7. Post-World War II economics.