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100 1 $aRutherford, Malcolm,$d1948-
245 14 $aThe institutionalist movement in American economics, 1918-1947 :$bscience and social control /$cMalcolm Rutherford.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2011.
300 $axii, 410 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aHistorical perspectives on modern economics
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 355-392) and index.
505 0 $aPart 1. Introduction: 1. American institutionalism in the history of economics; 2. Understanding institutional economics -- Part II. Institutionalist Careers: 3. Walton Hamilton: institutionalism and the public control of business; 4. Morris A. Copeland: institutionalism and statistics -- Part III. Centers of Institutional Economics: 5. Institutionalism at Chicago and beyond; 6. Amherst and the Brookings Graduate School; 7. Wisconsin institutionalism; 8. Institutional economics at Columbia University; 9. The NBER and the foundations -- Part IV. Challenges and Changes: 10. The institutionalist reaction to Keynesian economics; 11. Neoclassical challenges and institutionalist responses -- Part V. Conclusion: 12. Institutionalism in retrospect.
520 $a"This book provides a detailed picture of the institutionalist movement in American economics concentrating on the period between the two World Wars. The discussion brings a new emphasis on the leading role of Walton Hamilton in the formation of institutionalism, on the special importance of the ideals of "science" and "social control" embodied within the movement, on the large and close network of individuals involved, on the educational programs and research organizations created by institutionalists, and on the significant place of the movement within the mainstream of interwar American economics. In these ways the book focuses on the group most closely involved in the active promotion of the movement, on how they themselves constructed it, on its original intellectual appeal and promise, and on its institutional supports and sources of funding. The reasons for the movement's loss of appeal in the years around the end of World War II are also discussed, particularly in terms of the arrival of Keynesian economics, econometrics, and new definitions of "science" as applied to economics"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aInstitutional economics$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aEconomics$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
600 10 $aHamilton, Walton Hale,$d1881-1958.
830 0 $aHistorical perspectives on modern economics.
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