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Book Reviews: By subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology

The Abolition of Antitrust
by Gary Hull (editor)
reviewed by John Howard Brown on October 17, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Adam Smith and the Classics: The Classical Heritage in Adam Smith's Thought
by Gloria Vivenza
reviewed by Leonidas Montes on March 19, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Adam Smith in Context: A Critical Reassessment of Some Central Components of His Thought
by Leonidas Montes
reviewed by Peter McNamara on September 27, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Adam Smith's Marketplace of Life
by James R. Otteson
reviewed by Jeffrey T. Young on April 28, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective on Markets, Law, Ethics, and Culture
by Jerry Evensky
reviewed by Sasan Fayazmanesh on January 10, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Adam's Fallacy: A Guide to Economic Theology
by Duncan K. Foley
reviewed by A. M. C. Waterman on November 21, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
After Adam Smith: A Century of Transformation in Politics and Political Economy
by Murray Milgate and Shannon C. Stimson
reviewed by Donald E. Frey on January 6, 2010
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
reviewed by Robert E. Wright on May 3, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Altruistically Inclined? The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity
by Alexander J. Field
reviewed by Rick Szostak on June 13, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
Amartya Sen: A Life Reexamined
by Suman Ghosh
reviewed by Ross B. Emmett on August 5, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
American Capitalism: Social Thought and Political Economy in the Twentieth Century
by Nelson Lichtenstein (editor)
reviewed by J. David Hoeveler on August 30, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
American Treasure and the Price Revolution in Spain, 1501-1650
by Earl J. Hamilton
reviewed by John Munro on January 15, 2007
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
America’s Economic Moralists: A History of Rival Ethics and Economics
by Donald E. Frey
reviewed by Samuel Gregg on September 24, 2009
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
At the Origins of Mathematical Economics: The Economics of A. N. Isnard (1748-1803)
by Richard van den Berg (editor)
reviewed by Theodore M. Porter on June 5, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Augustin Cournot: Modelling Economics
by Jean-Philippe Touffut
reviewed by Martin Shubik on October 10, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Bertil Ohlin: A Centennial Celebration (1899-1999)
by Ronald Findlay, Lars Jonung and Mats Lindahl (editors)
reviewed by Michael F. Metcalf on February 3, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
A Biographical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Economists
by J.E. King (editor)
reviewed by Steven Kates on March 17, 2008
  • Geographic area: Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Biographical Dictionary of British Economists
by Donald Rutherford (editor)
reviewed by Richard A. Kleer on April 27, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy
by Joseph A. Schumpeter
reviewed by Thomas K. McCraw on September 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Celebrating Irving Fisher: The Legacy of a Great Economist
by Robert W. Dimand and John Geanakoplos (editors)
reviewed by Franck Jovanovic on May 4, 2009
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Christian Theology and Market Economics
by Ian R. Harper and Samuel Gregg (editors)
reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on October 8, 2009
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
Civil Happiness: Economics and Human Flourishing in Historical Perspective
by Luigino Bruni
reviewed by Edd Noell on March 7, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Classical Economists Revisited
by D. P. O'Brien
reviewed by Elisabeth Allgoewer on March 1, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Classical Macroeconomics: Some Modern Variations and Distortions
by James C. W. Ahiakpor
reviewed by Marin Muzhani on December 28, 2005
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Collapse of Darwinism, or The Rise of a Realist Theory of Life
by Graeme Donald Snooks
reviewed by Geoffrey M. Hodgson on June 27, 2005
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
A Companion to the History of Economic Thought
by Warren J. Samuels, Jeff F. Biddle and John B. Davis (editors)
reviewed by Mauro Boianovsky on December 5, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
A Concise History of Economic Thought: From Mercantilism to Monetarism
by Gianni Vaggi and Peter Groenewegen
reviewed by David Andrews on January 9, 2005
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Cost of Living in America: A Political History of Economic Statistics, 1880-2000
by Thomas A. Stapleford
reviewed by Trevon Logan on February 11, 2010
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Household, Family and Consumer History (P), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
Crusading Liberal: Paul H. Douglas of Illinois
by Roger Biles
reviewed by Alice O'Connor on June 16, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Cult of Statistical Significance: How the Standard Error Costs Us Jobs, Justice, and Lives
by Stephen T. Ziliak and Deirdre N. McCloskey
reviewed by Philip R.P. Coelho on June 10, 2008
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
De Revolutie die in Haar Eigen Staart Beet: Hoe de Economische Geschiedenis onze ideeën over Economische Groei veranderde
by J.W. Drukker
reviewed by Joel Mokyr on September 5, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Defining Global Justice: The History of U.S. International Labor Standards Policy
by Edward C. Lorenz
reviewed by Mark Perlman on March 14, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T)
Designing US Economic Policy: An Analytical Biography of Leon H. Keyserling
by W. Robert Brazelton
reviewed by Craufurd Goodwin on November 23, 2001
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Development of Monetary Economics: A Modern Perspective on Monetary Controversies
by D. P. O'Brien
reviewed by Robert W. Dimand on June 19, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community
by Stephen A. Marglin
reviewed by Eric Jones on March 31, 2008
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
Distinguished Women Economists
by James Cicarelli and Julianne Cicarelli
reviewed by Claire Hammond on October 7, 2004
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism: Schumpeter, Chandler and the New Economy
by Richard N. Langlois
reviewed by Arthur M. Diamond Jr. on August 6, 2009
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M), Industry: Manufacturing and Construction (R), Markets and Institutions (W)
The Early History of Financial Economics, 1478-1776: From Commercial Arithmetic to Life Annuities and Joint Stocks
by Geoffrey Poitras
reviewed by Salim Rashid on February 25, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Economic Engagements with Art
by Neil De Marchi and Craufurd D.W. Goodwin (editors)
reviewed by Manuel Santos-Redondo on January 11, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Economic Sentiments: Adam Smith, Condorcet, and the Enlightenment
by Emma Rothschild
reviewed by Glenn Hueckel on September 16, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Economics and Ideology of Free Trade: A Historical Review
by Leonard Gomes
reviewed by Lawrence Officer on August 14, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Economics as Ideology: Keynes, Laski, Hayek, and the Creation of Contemporary Politics
by Kenneth R. Hoover
reviewed by Steven Horwitz on April 12, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Economics as Religion: From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond
by Robert H. Nelson
reviewed by Robert D. Tollison on April 15, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Economics in Russia: Studies in Intellectual History
by Vincent Barnett and Joachim Zweynert (editors)
reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on May 22, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Economics in the Long Run: New Deal Theorists and Their Legacies, 1933-1993
by Theodore Rosenof
reviewed by Michael Perelman on February 17, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Economics in the Shadows of Darwin and Marx: Essays on Institutional and Evolutionary Themes
by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
reviewed by Gary Mongiovi on March 24, 2008
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Economics of Alfred Marshall: Revisiting Marshall's Legacy
by Richard Arena and Michel Quéré (editors)
reviewed by Katia Caldari on September 16, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Economics of QWERTY: History, Theory, and Policy -- Essays by Stan J. Liebowitz and Stephen E. Margolis
by Peter Lewin (editor)
reviewed by Richard J. Sullivan on March 28, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
Economics, Competition and Academia: An Intellectual History of Sophism versus Virtue
by Donald R. Stabile
reviewed by Donald E. Frey on February 15, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Education and Human Resource Development (G), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
Economics: The Culture of a Controversial Science
by Melvin W. Reder
reviewed by Ross B. Emmett on March 31, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Economists in Parliament in the Liberal Age (1848-1920)
by Massimo M. Augello and Marco E.L. Guidi (editors)
reviewed by Vincent Barnett on September 29, 2006
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Economy and Economics of Ancient Greece
by Takeshi Amemiya
reviewed by Darel Tai Engen on April 15, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Ancient (2)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Effortless Economy of Science?
by Philip Mirowski
reviewed by Lawrence Boland on February 1, 2006
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Elgar Companion to Alfred Marshall
by Tiziano Raffaelli, Giacomo Becattini and Marco Dardi (editors)
reviewed by David Andrews on September 28, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Eli Heckscher, International Trade, and Economic History
by Ronald Findlay, Rolf G.H. Henriksson, Hakan Lindgren and Mats Lundahl (editors)
reviewed by Nick Crafts on August 27, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The End of Economics
by Michael Perelman
reviewed by Anthony P. O'Brien on August 21, 1997
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Essays in History: Financial, Economic, Personal
by Charles P. Kindleberger
reviewed by David Glasner on March 8, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Essays on the History of Economics
by Warren J. Samuels, Willie Henderson, Kirk D. Johnson and Marianne Johnson (editors)
reviewed by Maria Pia Paganelli on January 18, 2006
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Evolution and Institutions: On Evolutionary Economics and the Evolution of Economics
by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
reviewed by Anne Mayhew on September 26, 2000
  • Geographic area: Africa (1), Asia (2), Australia/New Zealand, incl. Pacific Islands (3), Europe (4), Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5), Middle East (6), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Evolution of Institutional Economics: Agency, Structure and Darwinism in American Institutionalism
by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
reviewed by Sherry Davis Kasper on January 20, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Fabricating the Keynesian Revolution: Studies of the Inter-war Literature on Money, the Cycle, and Unemployment
by David Laidler
reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on June 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: Africa (1)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Family Fictions and Family Facts: Harriet Martineau, Adolphe Quetelet and the Population Question in England, 1798-1859
by Brian Cooper
reviewed by Evelyn L. Forget on January 11, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
Fiction, Famine, and the Rise of Economics in Victorian Britain and Ireland
by Gordon Bigelow
reviewed by Sandra Peart on July 20, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Fly Swatter: How My Grandfather Made His Way in the World
by Nicholas Dawidoff
reviewed by Carl Mosk on September 17, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Forerunners of Modern Financial Economics: A Random Walk in the History of Economic Thought, 1900-1950
by Donald R. Stabile
reviewed by Geoffrey Poitras on November 2, 2005
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Foundations of Economic Method: A Popperian Perspective
by Lawrence A. Boland
reviewed by O.F. Hamouda on April 7, 2005
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Free Trade Nation: Commerce, Consumption and Civil Society in Modern Britain
by Frank Trentmann
reviewed by Peter J. Cain on October 17, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Freedom from Want: American Liberalism and the Idea of the Consumer
by Kathleen G. Donohue
reviewed by Larry G. Gerber on June 8, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Household, Family and Consumer History (P)
Friends of the Unrighteous Mammon: Northern Christians and Market Capitalism, 1815-1860
by Stewart Davenport
reviewed by Donald E. Frey on September 24, 2008
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
A Future of Capitalism: The Economic Vision of Robert Heilbroner
by Michael C. Carroll
reviewed by Ross B. Emmett on January 15, 1999
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
God and Mammon: Protestants, Money, and the Market, 1790-1860
by Mark A. Noll (editor)
reviewed by Donald E. Frey on January 14, 2004
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Great Transformations: Economic Ideas and Institutional Change in the Twentieth Century
by Mark Blyth
reviewed by Janet T. Knoedler on August 6, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
Harmony and the Balance: An Intellectual History of Seventeenth-Century English Economic Thought
by Andrea Finkelstein
reviewed by Edward J. Harpham on June 18, 2002
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F.A. Hayek
by Bruce Caldwell
reviewed by D. E. Moggridge on July 30, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Hayek: Economist and Social Philosopher, A Critical Retrospect
by Stephen Frowen
reviewed by Steven Horwitz on June 11, 1998
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Henry George's Legacy in Economic Thought
by John Laurent (editor)
reviewed by Donald E. Frey on May 12, 2006
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Urban and Regional History (Z)
Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life
by Mark Francis
reviewed by Sandra J. Peart on October 13, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Historians of Economics and Economic Thought: The Construction of Disciplinary Memory
by Steven Medema and Warren Samuels (editors)
reviewed by Roger Frantz on October 4, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Historicity of Economics: Continuities and Discontinuities of Historical Thought in 19th and 20th Century Economics
by Heino H. Nau and Bertram Schefold (editors)
reviewed by Roberto Romani on April 8, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
A History of Economic Thought: The LSE Lectures
by Lionel Robbins
reviewed by Bradley W. Bateman on August 29, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
A History of Russian Economic Thought
by Vincent Barnett
reviewed by Natalia A. Makasheva and Warren J. Samuels on February 5, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
A History of the Modern Fact: Problems of Knowledge in the Sciences of Wealth and Society
by Mary Poovey
reviewed by Timothy Alborn on September 13, 1999
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
How Economics Became a Mathematical Science
by E. Roy Weintraub
reviewed by Robert D. Tollison on August 7, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
How Economics Forgot History: The Problem of Historical Specificity in Social Science
by Geoffrey M. Hodgson
reviewed by Julian Reiss on December 24, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
How the Dismal Science Got Its Name: Classical Economics and the Ur-Text of Racial Politics
by David M. Levy
reviewed by Stanley L. Engerman on December 20, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Idea of Capitalism before the Industrial Revolution
by Richard Grassby
reviewed by Richard F. Teichgraeber on June 1, 2000
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 17th Century (5), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Ideology and the International Economy: The Decline and Fall of Bretton Woods
by Robert Leeson
reviewed by Peter B. Kenen on August 2, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Inside the Economist's Mind: Conversations with Eminent Economists
by Paul A. Samuelson and William Barnett (editors)
reviewed by Michael Szenberg on April 27, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Intellectual Foundations of Alfred Marshall’s Economic Science: A Rounded Globe of Knowledge
by Simon Cook
reviewed by Katia Caldari on March 4, 2010
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
International Organizations and the Analysis of Economic Policy, 1919-1950
by Anthony M. Endres and Grant A. Fleming
reviewed by D. E. Moggridge on December 19, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Invention of Capitalism: Classical Political Economy and the Secret History of Primitive Accumulation
by Michael Perelman
reviewed by Gregory Clark on March 7, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Labor and Employment History (T)
Islam and Mammon: The Economic Predicaments of Islamism
by Timur Kuran
reviewed by Frederic L. Pryor on August 23, 2004
  • Geographic area: Middle East (6)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
Jealousy of Trade: International Competition and the Nation-State in Historical Perspective
by Istvan Hont
reviewed by Stephen Meardon on October 17, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Jean-Baptiste Say and the Classical Canon in Economics: The British Connection in French Classicism
by Samuel Hollander
reviewed by Maria de Fátima Brandão on December 16, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Joan Robinson's Economics: A Centennial Celebration
by Bill Gibson (editor)
reviewed by Michael S. Lawlor on November 13, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics
by Richard Parker
reviewed by Peter J. Boettke on November 6, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
John Maynard Keynes and International Relations: Economic Paths to War and Peace
by Donald Markwell
reviewed by Michael S. Lawlor on February 2, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
John Stewart Kennedy: The Man Who Found the Money
by Saul Engelbourg and Leonard Bushkoff
reviewed by Albert J. Churella on August 25, 1997
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Keynes and His Battles
by Gilles Dostaler
reviewed by M. G. Hayes on August 23, 2008
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Keynes and Macroeconomics after 70 Years: Critical Assessments of The General Theory
by L. Randall Wray and Mathew Forstater (editors)
reviewed by John B. Davis on January 21, 2010
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Keynes, Chicago and Friedman
by Robert Leeson
reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on February 2, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman's Free to Choose: Economic Liberalism at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century
by Mark Wynne, Harvey Rosenblum and Robert Formaini (editors)
reviewed by Ranald Taylor and Robert Leeson on November 8, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Living Wage: Lessons from the History of Economic Thought
by Donald R. Stabile
reviewed by Art Carden on July 16, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Labor and Employment History (T)
Living with the Century
by Alec Cairncross
reviewed by Neil Rollings on August 8, 2000
  • Geographic area:
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Lost Art of Economics: Essays on Economics and the Economics Profession
by David Colander
reviewed by Lall B. Ramrattan on February 20, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Macroeconomics in Retrospect: The Selected Essays of David Laidler
by David Laidler
reviewed by John H. Wood on February 10, 2005
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Maffeo Pantaleoni: At the Origin of the Italian School of Economics and Finance
by Mario Baldassarri
reviewed by Luigino Bruni on February 6, 1998
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Making Chicago Price Theory: Friedman-Stigler Correspondence, 1945-1957
by J. Daniel Hammond and Claire H. Hammond (editors)
reviewed by Craig Freedman on September 27, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Making of Harrod's Dynamics
by Daniele Besomi
reviewed by Steve Keen on April 11, 2000
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Managing Mexico: Economists from Nationalism to Neoliberalism
by Sarah Babb
reviewed by Jaime Ros on July 29, 2005
  • Geographic area: Latin America, incl. Mexico and the Caribbean (5)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis
by Alexander John Watson
reviewed by Robin Neill on March 15, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Marshall's Tendencies: What Can Economists Know?
by John Sutton
reviewed by Bruce Larson on March 28, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Medieval Economic Thought
by Diana Wood
reviewed by Lawrin Armstrong on August 27, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Medieval Islamic Economic Thought: Filling the Great Gap in European Economics
by S.M. Ghazanfar (editor)
reviewed by M. Umer Chapra on October 26, 2004
  • Geographic area: Middle East (6)
  • Time period: Medieval (3)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Mighty Experiment: Free Labor versus Slavery in British Emancipation
by Seymour Drescher
reviewed by David M. Levy on November 6, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Servitude and Slavery (N)
Migration and Economic Growth: A Study of Great Britain and the Atlantic Economy
by Brinley Thomas
reviewed by James Foreman-Peck on August 14, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S), Labor and Employment History (T), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
The Mind and the Market: Capitalism in Western Thought
by Jerry Z. Muller
reviewed by Bruce Caldwell on April 26, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Modeling Rational Agents: From Interwar Economics to Early Modern Game Theory
by Nicola Giocoli
reviewed by Esther-Mirjam Sent on December 19, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Modelling the Middle Ages: The History and Theory of England's Economic Development
by John Hatcher and Mark Bailey
reviewed by Gary Richardson on March 17, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Monetary History, Exchange Rates and Financial Markets: Essays in Honour of Charles Goodhart, Volume Two
by Paul Mizen (editor)
reviewed by Lars Jonung on March 10, 2004
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W)
Monetary Theory and Bretton Woods: The Construction of an International Monetary Order
by Filippo Cesarano
reviewed by John H. Wood on June 2, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Muslim Civilization: The Causes of Decline and the Need for Reform
by M. Umer Chapra
reviewed by Jared Rubin on June 16, 2008
  • Geographic area: Asia (2), Middle East (6)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0), Medieval (3)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (l), Military and War (O), Markets and Institutions (W)
Nations, Markets, and War: Modern History and the American Civil War
by Nicholas Onuf and Peter Onuf
reviewed by Jane Flaherty on October 23, 2006
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Military and War (O), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The Natural Origins of Economics
by Margaret Schabas
reviewed by Laurence S. Moss on September 1, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
New Voices on Adam Smith
by Leonidas Montes and Eric Schliesser (editors)
reviewed by Jeffrey T. Young on March 6, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
No Ordinary Academics: Economics and Political Science at the University of Saskatchewan, 1910-1960
by Shirley Spafford
reviewed by Robin F. Neill on September 22, 2000
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
On Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations: A Philosophical Companion
by Samuel Fleischacker
reviewed by Spencer J. Pack on July 27, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
On Classical Economics
by Thomas Sowell
reviewed by John Berdell on February 2, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Ordinary Business of Life: A History of Economics from the Ancient World to the Twenty-First Century
by Roger E. Backhouse
reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on August 7, 2002
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Pattern and Repertoire in History
by Bertrand M. Roehner and Tony Syme
reviewed by John Nye on January 26, 2004
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Labor and Employment History (T)
Patterns of Speculation: A Study in Observational Econophysics
by Bertrand M. Roehner
reviewed by Graeme D. Snooks on February 12, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Paul Samuelson: On Being an Economist
by Michael Szenberg, Aron Gottesman and Lall Ramrattan
reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on March 5, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Peddling Panaceas: Popular Economists in the New Deal Era
by Gary Dean Best
reviewed by Ranjit S. Dighe on October 10, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
A Perilous Progress: Economists and Public Purpose in Twentieth-Century America
by Michael A. Bernstein
reviewed by William J. Barber on April 2, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Pioneers of Financial Economics: Volume 2, Twentieth-Century Contributions
by Geoffrey Poitras (editor)
reviewed by Ramon P. DeGennaro on October 29, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Political Economy and Statesmanship: Smith, Hamilton, and the Foundation of the Commercial Republic
by Peter McNamara
reviewed by Richard Sylla on May 14, 1998
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Political Economy of Public Finance in Britain, 1767-1873
by Takuo Dome
reviewed by Anthony Brewer on October 21, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Political Economy of Virtue: Luxury, Patriotism, and the Origins of the French Revolution
by John Shovlin
reviewed by Jonathan Liebowitz on April 10, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Popularization of Malthus in Early Nineteenth-Century England: Martineau, Cobbett and the Pauper Press
by James P. Huzel
reviewed by David M. Levy on March 26, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction
by Thomas K. McCraw
reviewed by Richard N. Langlois on November 14, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Business History (B), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
Race, Liberalism, and Economics
by David Colander, Robert E. Prasch and Falguni A. Sheth (editors)
reviewed by Stanley Engerman on July 12, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
Railroading Economics: The Creation of the Free Market Mythology
by Michael Perelman
reviewed by Richard Vedder on January 19, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Transport and Distribution, Energy, and Other Services (Y)
Recessions and Depressions: Understanding Business Cycles
by Todd A. Knoop
reviewed by David Glasner on October 12, 2005
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Reclaiming Marx’s Capital: A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency
by Andrew Kliman
reviewed by David Kristjanson-Gural on September 23, 2008
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Reflections of Eminent Economists
by Michael Szenberg and Lall Ramrattan (editors)
reviewed by Arthur M. Diamond Jr. on August 31, 2005
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Reluctant Economist: Perspectives on Economics, Economic History, and Demography
by Richard A. Easterlin
reviewed by Lee A. Craig on November 30, 2004
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Development of the Economic History Discipline: Historiography; Sources and Methods (C), Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), Education and Human Resource Development (G), Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
Republicanism and the French Revolution: An Intellectual History of Jean-Baptiste Say's Political Economy
by Richard Whatmore
reviewed by William Baumol on May 25, 2001
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Liberalism: Richard Cobden Bicentenary Essays
by Anthony Howe and Simon Morgan (editors)
reviewed by Leonard P. Liggio on July 26, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
Revisiting Keynes: Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren
by Lorenzo Pecchi and Gustavo Piga (editors)
reviewed by Linda K. Carter on February 18, 2010
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Development, Growth, and Aggregate Productivity (D), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Income and Wealth (Q), Labor and Employment History (T), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Revival of Laissez-Faire in American Macroeconomic Theory: A Case Study of the Pioneers
by Sherryl Davis Kasper
reviewed by Roger W. Garrison on April 22, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V)
Ricardo's Macroeconomics: Money, Trade Cycles, and Growth
by Timothy Davis
reviewed by James C.W. Ahiakpor on September 22, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Rise of Historical Economics and Social Reform in Germany, 1864-1894
by Erik Grimmer-Solem
reviewed by Nicholas W. Balabkins on September 28, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Road to Serfdom: Texts and Documents -- The Definitive Edition
by F. A. Hayek
reviewed by Steven Horwitz on June 11, 2007
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Schumpeter on the Economics of Innovation and the Development of Capitalism
by Arnold Heertje
reviewed by Mark W. Frank on August 23, 2006
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), History of Technology, including Technological Change (M)
Schumpeter's Market: Enterprise and Evolution
by David Reisman
reviewed by Frederic Sautet on September 2, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Self-Interest before Adam Smith: A Genealogy of Economic Science
by Pierre Force
reviewed by Gloria Vivenza on September 20, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0), Ancient (2), Medieval (3), 18th Century (6)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Soul's Economy: Market and Selfhood in American Thought, 1820-1920
by Jeffrey Sklansky
reviewed by Donald Frey on January 31, 2003
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters
by Diane Coyle
reviewed by John A. MacDonald on September 21, 2007
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Statistics and the German State, 1900-1945: The Making of Modern Economic Knowledge
by J. Adam Tooze
reviewed by Mark Perlman on April 7, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: Economic Planning and Policy (E), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Status of Women in Classical Economic Thought
by Robert Dimand and Chris Nyland (editors)
reviewed by Ingrid H. Rima on August 7, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Strange Survival of Liberal England: Political Leaders, Moral Values and the Reception of Economic Debate
by E.H.H. Green and D.M. Tanner (editors)
reviewed by Jim Tomlinson on April 17, 2009
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Government, Law and Regulation, Public Finance (I), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Macroeconomics and Fluctuations (V), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
T.R. Malthus: The Unpublished Papers in the Collection of Kanto Gakuen University
by J. M. Pullen and Trevor Hughes Parry (editors)
reviewed by Samuel Hollander on March 10, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Theories of Financial Disturbance: An Examination of Critical Theories of Finance from Adam Smith to the Present Day
by Jan Toporowski
reviewed by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. on November 18, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Thorstein Veblen and the Revival of Free Market Capitalism
by Janet T. Knoedler, Robert E. Prasch and Dell P. Champlin (editors)
reviewed by Warren J. Samuels on November 7, 2007
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Tradition of Free Trade
by Lars Magnusson
reviewed by William K. Hutchinson on February 23, 2005
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), International and Domestic Trade and Relations (S)
The Triumph of Capitalism
by Robert A. Degen
reviewed by Joseph M. Santos on August 26, 2008
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: Economywide Country Studies and Comparative History (F), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W)
Two Hundred Years of Say's Law: Essays on Economic Theory's Most Controversial Principle
by Steven Kates (editor)
reviewed by Ingrid H. Rima on November 18, 2003
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Usury, Interest and the Reformation
by Eric Kerridge
reviewed by Norman Jones on December 29, 2003
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: Medieval (3), 16th Century (4), 17th Century (5)
  • Subject: Financial Markets, Financial Institutions, and Monetary History (H), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Markets and Institutions (W), Social and Cultural History, including Race, Ethnicity and Gender (X)
The "Vanity of the Philosopher": From Equality to Hierarchy in Post-Classical Economics
by Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy
reviewed by J. Daniel Hammond on October 2, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 18th Century (6), 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Veblen in Perspective: His Life and Thought
by Stephen Edgell
reviewed by Donald Stabile on January 24, 2002
  • Geographic area: North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Vienna and Chicago, Friends or Foes? A Tale of Two Schools of Free-Market Economics
by Mark Skousen
reviewed by Pedro Garcia Duarte on March 1, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4), North America (7)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8), 20th Century: WWII and post-WWII (9)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
Vital Accounts: Quantifying Health and Population in Eighteenth-Century England and France
by Andrea A. Rusnock
reviewed by Bernard Harris on May 10, 2004
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: Historical Demography, including Migration (J), History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L), Living Standards, Anthropometric History, Economic Anthropology (U)
Walrasian Economics
by Donald A. Walker
reviewed by Roger E. Backhouse on December 18, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7), 20th Century: Pre WWII (8)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
The Wealth of Ideas: A History of Economic Thought
by Alessandro Roncaglia
reviewed by Ingrid H. Rima on June 28, 2006
  • Geographic area: General, International, or Comparative (0)
  • Time period: General or Comparative (0)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)
William Stanley Jevons and the Making of Modern Economics
by Harro Maas
reviewed by Michael V. White on November 27, 2006
  • Geographic area: Europe (4)
  • Time period: 19th Century (7)
  • Subject: History of Economic Thought; Methodology (L)