THE INSTITUTIONALIST MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN ECONOMICS, 1918-1947 by Malcolm Rutherford ( 9780511977046 )

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Title:

THE INSTITUTIONALIST MOVEMENT IN AMERICAN ECONOMICS, 1918-1947
SCIENCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL

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ISBN 10:

0511977042

ISBN 13:

9780511977046

Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

3 May, 2011

Series:

Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics

Description:

This book deals with the institutionalist movement in American economics, a significant part of American economics in the interwar period.

Synopsis:

This book provides a detailed picture of the institutionalist movement in American economics concentrating on the period between the two World Wars. The discussion brings a new emphasis on the leading role of Walton Hamilton in the formation of institutionalism, on the special importance of the ideals of 'science' and 'social control' embodied within the movement, on the large and close network of individuals involved, on the educational programs and research organizations created by institutionalists and on the significant place of the movement within the mainstream of interwar American economics. In these ways the book focuses on the group most closely involved in the active promotion of the movement, on how they themselves constructed it, on its original intellectual appeal and promise and on its institutional supports and sources of funding.

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9 tables

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Imprint:

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

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Non-returnable

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