The "truth" in autobiography depends on the observable historical record of a person's life. The less attractive the observed life, the more "truthful" is the autobiography. This result does not require differential standards of honesty as among autobiographers. It does depend on the...

Individuals with legally protected endowments have incentives to allow maximal liberties of purchase or sale to persons on the opposing sides of potential trades. Unless overtly restricted, potential buyers and sellers will be allowed freedom of entry into all markets, thereby insuring...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Clarence Edwin Ayres: An Intellectual's Portrait -- Clarence Ayres's Place in the History of American Economics: An Interim Assessment -- C. E. Ayres on the Industrial Revolution -- Clarence Ayres and the Roots of Economic...