Samuels, Warren J.

2011 Cambridge University Press

This book examines the use, principally in economics, of the concept of the invisible hand, centering on Adam Smith. It interprets the concept as ideology, knowledge and a linguistic phenomenon. It shows how the principal ...

2007 Blackwell Publishers

Assembling contributions from top thinkers in the field, this companion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the history of economic thought. The volume has a threefold focus: the history of economic thought, the history ...

2006 Jai Press

2005 Jai Press

Volume 23A of this research annual first presents two articles on Adam Smith, one on his use of the concept of the invisible hand, and another on his use of Isaac Newton's methodology; an article ...

2005 Jai Press

Volume 23B of this research annual presents eight sets of lecture notes taken in 1933-4 by F. Taylor Ostrander at the University of Chicago. The notes are from courses given by Frank H. Knight, Henry ...

2005 Jai Press

Economist's Volume 23C of this research annual first presents lecture notes from courses at the University of Wisconsin during 1955-6 given by Hans Hl. Gerth and Edwin E. Witte, together with correspondence of Selig Perlman. ...

2003 Jai Press

Contains four sets of refereed essays. One group includes papers on Harrod and Robertson; Adam Smith; Keynes; Mendeleev; Veblen; and J. M. Clark. The second group has six papers on the historiography of "institutional economics" ...

2003 Jai Press

Essay; an early critique of economics by Eli Ginzberg; introductory notes on the study of the history of economic thought by Warren Samuels; and a memoir by Jacob Warshaw on Thorstein Veblen. The second group ...

2003 Jai Press

Contains two groups of archival materials. One group includes lecture notes from courses given at the University of Wisconsin by Edwin E. Witte and Robert Lampman on the economic role of government. The second group ...

2003 Routledge

This new reader in the history of economic thought is edited by two of the most respected figures in the field. With clearly written summaries putting each selection into context and useful questions for discussion, ...

2003 Blackwell Publishers

This companion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the history of economic thought. It has a threefold focus: the history of economic thought; the history of economics as a discipline; and the historiography of ...

2003 Jai Press

This volume contains edited articles on works by Adam Smith, John Maurice Clark, John Maynard Keynes, Knight and Copeland and Sergius Bulgakov. It also features review essays on books covering evolutionary theory, methodology, and economic ...

2003 Jai Press

This volume contains articles on Charles Henry Hull's lectures on the history of economic theories, dated 1895; Walton H. Hamiltons's outlines for the principles of economics, dated 1911; and lectures by James S. Earley on ...

2003 Jai Press