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The "experiment" in the history of economics
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ISBN: 0415344298 0415649234 9786610253746 1134287607 1280253746 0203023595 9780415344296 9780203023594 9781134287550 9781134287598 9781134287604 9780415649230 1134287593 Year: 2005 Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Throughout the history of economic ideas, it has often been asserted that experimentation is impossible, yet, in fact, history shows that the idea of 'experimentation' has always been important, and as such has been interpreted and put to use in many ways. Rich in historical detail, the essays in this topical volume deal with such issues as laboratory experimentation, the observed transition from a post-war economics to a contemporary discipline, the contrasting positions of Friedrich Hayek and Oskar Morgenstern, the socio-economic experiments proposed by Ernest Solvay and Knut Wicksell, an


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The birth of capitalism : a twenty-first-century perspective
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ISBN: 9780745329604 9780745329598 9781552664520 0745329594 0745329608 1785390430 1849646139 9781849646130 155266452X 1783714603 Year: 2011 Publisher: London ; Halifax ; New York : Pluto Press : Fernwood Pub. : Distribured in the U.S.A. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,

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In the light of the deepening crisis of capitalism and continued non-Western capitalist accumulation, Henry Heller re-examines the debates surrounding the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe and elsewhere. Focusing on arguments about the origin, nature and sustainability of capitalism, Heller offers a new reading of the historical evidence and a critical interrogation of the transition debate. He advances the idea that capitalism must be understood as a political as well as an economic entity. This book breathes new life into the scholarship, taking issue with the excessively economistic approach of Robert Brenner, which has gained increasing support over the last ten years. It concludes that the future of capitalism is more threatened than ever before. The new insights in this book make it essential reading for engaged students and scholars of political economy and history.

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