1. An introduction to Progressivism -- 2. Lester Frank Ward : progenitor of American Progressivism -- 3. Degeneracy and directed order : Charles Horton Cooley and progressive-era sociology -- 4. Edward Alsworth Ross : the need for social control -- 5. Richard Theodore Ely : Christian Socialist...

Robert Franklin Hoxie was of the first generation of University of Chicago economists, a figure of significance in his own time. He is often heralded as the first of the Institutional economists and the impetus behind the field of labor economics. Yet today, his contributions appear as mere...

Renowned in his time as a polymath and public intellectual, Correa Moylan Walsh (1862-1936) made important contributions to economics and political science as well as other disciplines. In economics, his work on index numbers became the subject of commentaries by such notables as Irving Fisher...

It is the purpose of this essay to consider but three questions regarding the social philosophy of Henry George that have to now received insufficient attention: George's views with respect to the nationalization of land, the efficacy of socialism, and the place of the individual. One may...

The purpose of this essay is to identify certain points at which the presentation in "Vanity" appears incomplete or in error, especially as regards the interpretations of Mill and Spencer. It is shown that, while the authors have stated their case well, certain mischaracterizations,...

The Elgar Companion to Economics and Philosophy aims to demonstrate exactly how these two important areas have always been linked, and to illustrate the key areas of overlap. The contributors are well-known and distinguished authors from a variety of disciplines, who have been invited both to...

Much of the literature surrounding Schumpeter's 1942 Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy has focused on his reformulation of democratic theory rather than on the perceived tensions in the classical variant which motivated his reorientation. In contrast to the position of Schumpeter, the rational...