1st Edition

The Economic Mind in America Essays in the History of American Economics

Edited By Malcolm Rutherford Copyright 1998
    352 Pages
    by Routledge

    352 Pages
    by Routledge

    The Economic mind of America examines:
    * the concept of 'American' economic thought
    * reassessment of pioneering American policy analysts such as Irving Fisher, Wesley Mitchell, Harold Moulton and Leo Paslovsky, as well as the theoretical contributions of Herbert Davenport and Frank Knight
    * Thorstein Veblen's institutional economics and an exploration of the influence of Canadian and European economic thought
    * analysis of contributions of C. S. Peirce, Alvin Johnson and science fiction author Robert A. Heinlein
    * American economists' interests in in issues from 1886-1995.

    List of contributors, Acknowledgements, Introduction, PART I Roundtable on American economics, PART II Pioneers of American policy analysis, PART III Contributions to theory and measurement, PART IV Institutional economics, PART V American originals, PART VI American economists and the world, Index

    Biography

    Malcolm Rutherford

    "This new text provides a unique set of insights into the disparate elements required to understand and apply probabilistic design methods and to undertake reliability assessments for coastal and hydraulic engineering schemes. The concepts are well explained for readers with an engineering background, making the sometimes complex theory accessible."
    —Andrew Chadwick, Maritime Engineering