This comprehensive second edition of The Elgar Companion to Social Economics presents an overview of a dynamic and growing field in economics that emphasizes the key role that values play in the economy and in economic life. Social economics treats the economy and economics as being embedded in...

This thought-provoking book discusses the concept of progress in economics and investigates whether any advance has been made in its different spheres of research. The authors look back at the history, successes and failures of their respective fields and thoroughly examine the notion of...

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...

This volume of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology offers a unique insight into early American economic theory. The notes reproduced in this volume were taken by a student, Maurice Beck Hexter, in Economics 11-12, "Economic Theory," given by Frank William Taussig at...

Acknowledgments -- No, this is not a joke -- Why does theoretical economic literature exist? -- What allows "literature-only" theoretical discourse to exist? -- How the game is played -- The quest for honest truth in economic science -- The effects of electronic files, citation counts, and...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. The Proposal -- Chapter 1. Humanomics and Liberty Promise Better Economic Science -- Chapter 2. Adam Smith Practiced Humanomics, and So Should We -- Chapter 3. Economic History Illustrates the Problems with Nonhumanomics -- Chapter 4. An Economic Science...