Including a Symposium on 50 Years of the Union for Radical Political Economics (Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology)

Fiorito, Luca (EDT)/ Scheall, Scott (EDT)/ Suprinyak, Carlos Eduardo (EDT)

Emerald Publishing Limited（2019/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 232 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781787698505
• DDC分類 338.9

Full Description

Volume 37A of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium edited by Tiago Mata, celebrating 50 years of the Union of Radical Political Economics. It also includes an essay by Mauro Boianovsky, and is accompanied by a series of reflections from esteemed colleagues, all focused on Arthur Lewis and the classical foundation of development economics.  The Volume further includes an important new archival contribution (edited and introduced by Malcolm Rutherford) from the papers of Alvin Hansen, in which the famous Harvard economist reflects on the contributions of his teacher, John R. Commons, on the occasion of the latter's 70th birthday in November 1932.

Contents

IntroductionEditors' Biographies 
PART I: A SYMPOSIUM ON 50 YEARS OF THE UNION OF RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMICS 
1. Introduction: The Untold Story of Left Economics; Tiago Mata 
2. Macroeconomic Consequences of Peace: American Radical Economists and the Problem of Military Keynesianism, 1938-1975; Tim Barker 
3. In Search of an Alternative: American Radical Economists in Mao's China; Isabella Maria Weber and Gregor Semieniuk 
4. In Search of the Socialist Subject: Radical Political Economy and the Study of Moral Incentives in the Third World; Benjamin Feldman 
5. The Radical Roots of Feminism in Economics; Jennifer Cohen 
PART II: ESSAYS 
6. Arthur Lewis and the Classical Foundations of Development Economics; Mauro Boianovsky 
7. Adam Smith's Answer to Arthur Lewis; Maria Pia Paganelli 
8. Lewis's Breakthrough Publications of 1954 and 1955: A Little Understood Perspective; Robert L. Tignor 
9. Arthur Lewis and the Classical Foundations of 'Development': Economic History and Institutional Change; Federico D'Onofrio and Gerardo Serra 
10. Generalizing Lewis: Unlimited Supplies of Labor in the Advanced Capitalist World; Stephen A. Marglin 
11. On the Application of the Lewis Model to China; Hans-Michael Trautwein 
12. Lewis and Kuznets on Economic Growth and Income Inequality; Guido Erreygers 
13. Why Lewis and Classical Economics?; Claudia Serra 
PART III: FROM THE VAULT 
14. The Contribution of Professor John R. Commons to American Economics: An Address Given by Alvin A. Hansen on the Occasion of John R. Commons' 70th Birthday Celebration, November 18th, 1932; Edited and Introduced by Malcolm Rutherford