1. The Protestant Father as Economist- Craig Freedman -- Part I: A Biographical Perspective -- 2. The Curmudgeon as Teacher: Afternoon Coffee with Mark Blaug- Craig Freedman -- 3. Fathers and Sons: A Conversation with Stephen Stigler- Craig Freedman -- 4. The Way Things Work: The Empirical Bent...

This groundbreaking title brings together a critical selection of key papers by the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics that have helped shape the development and present state of economics. The editors have organised this comprehensive series by theme and focuses on those Laureates working in...

1. Introduction -- 2. The Importance of Hayek and Friedman to the Neo-liberal Concept of Freedom -- 3. The Neo-liberal Concept of Freedom -- 4. Spheres of Government -- 5. The Rise of Neo-liberalism and Tyranny of Corporations -- 6. The Rise of Mass Consumption -- 7.The Rise of Neoliberalism and...

The free rider problem is restated more precisely as the cheap rider problem. It is argued that if one takes account of the frequent or typical asymmetry in the interests of different enterprises in an industry, the individual incentives of many enterprises to participate in joint ventures are...