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Journal Articles

2011

1. The Great Recession as a Great Enlightener
   History of Political Economy, 2011, 43, (2), 369-373

2006

2. Economists in Parliament in the liberal age (1848–1920) – Edited by Massimo M. Augello and Marco E. L. Guidi
   Economic History Review, 2006, 59, (4), 876-878

2005

3. Irving Fisher of Yale
   American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2005, 64, (1), 43-55 View citations (5)

2002

4. Reflections on the Great Depression. By Randall E. Parker. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2002. Pp. xii, 230. $85.00
   The Journal of Economic History, 2002, 62, (4), 1159-1160 View citations (1)
5. W. Robert Brazelton, Designing US Economic Policy: An Analytical Biography of Leon H. Keyserling (Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire and New York: Palgrave, 2001), pp. ix, 181, $65. ISBN 0 333 77575 9
   Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2002, 24, (3), 369-371

1999

6. International Commerce in the Fine Arts and American Political Economy, 1789–1913
   History of Political Economy, 1999, 31, (5), 209-235
7. Melvin W. Reder, Economics: The Culture of a Controversial Science (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1999) pp. xi, 376, $35.00, ISBN 0-226-70609-5
   Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1999, 21, (4), 467-468
8. “Sweet Are the Uses of Adversity”: Federal Patronage of the Arts in the Great Depression
   History of Political Economy, 1999, 31, (5), 235-255

1998

9. James Angresano,The Political Economy of Gunnar Myrdal: An Institutional Basis for the Transformation Problem.Cheltenham, UK: Elgar, 1997. xiii + 224 pp
   Journal of Comparative Economics, 1998, 26, (4), 836-837
10. Not So Dismal a Science: Reflections
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1998, 20, (2), 177-189

1997

11. Book Reviews
    The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1997, 4, (2), 336-337
12. FDR's big government legacy
    Regional Review, 1997, (Sum), 18-24
13. Irving Fisher (1867-1947) in Retrospect
    American Economic Review, 1997, 87, (2), 445-47

1996

14. Postwar Changes in American Graduate Education in Economics
    History of Political Economy, 1996, 28, (5), 12-30 View citations (6)

1995

15. Chile con Chicago: A Review Essay
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1995, 33, (4), 1941-1949 View citations (6)

1994

16. The Divergent Fates of Two Strands of “Institutionalist” Doctrine During the New Deal Years
    History of Political Economy, 1994, 26, (4), 569-587 View citations (5)

1992

17. Francis Wayland: Perspectives of a Nineteenth Century Political Economist on the "Business" of Higher Education
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1992, 18, (2), 133-141

1991

18. The Life and Political Economy of Lauchlin Currie: New Dealer, Presidential Adviser, and Development Economist, by Roger J. Sandilands. Duke University Press, Durham, NC, 1990. Pp. xi, 441. ISBN 0-8223-1030-9
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1991, 13, (1), 109-110

1990

19. Does Scholarship in the History of Economics Have a Useful Future?
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1990, 12, (2), 110-123 View citations (3)

1989

20. History of Economics Society 16th Annual Meeting University of Richmond - Richmond, Virginia June 10–13, 1989
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 1989, 11, (1), 143-154

1987

21. Should the American Economic Association Have Toasted Simon Newcomb at Its 100th Birthday Party?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1987, 1, (1), 179-83 View citations (4)
22. The Career of Alvin H. Hansen in the 1920s and 1930s: A Study in Intellectual Transformation
    History of Political Economy, 1987, 19, (2), 191-205 View citations (2)

1981

23. The United States: Economists in a Pluralistic Polity
    History of Political Economy, 1981, 13, (3), 513-547 View citations (2)

1974

24. Bauer, P. T., Dissent on Development: Studies and Debates in Development Economics, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1972, 550 pp. ($15.00)
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1974, 56, (4), 845-846

1969

25. James Mill and the Theory of Economic Policy in India
    History of Political Economy, 1969, 1, (1), 85-100

1961

26. DISGUISED UNEMPLOYMENT IN UNDERDEVELOPED ECONOMIES
    Oxford Economic Papers, 1961, 13, (1), 103-115 View citations (1)

Books

2008

1. Gunnar Myrdal
   Great Thinkers in Economics, Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

2006

2. Designs within Disorder
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (14)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (1996) View citations (19)

1989

3. From New Era to New Deal
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (21)

1967

4. A History of Economic Thought
   History of Economic Thought Books, McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought View citations (21)

Edited books

1991

1. Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (5)
2. Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (5)

Chapters

2010

1. J. Laurence Laughlin
   Chapter 7 in The Elgar Companion to the Chicago School of Economics, 2010
2. Jacob Viner
   Chapter 19 in The Elgar Companion to the Chicago School of Economics, 2010

2008

3. An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy (1944)
   Palgrave Macmillan
4. Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations (1968)
   Palgrave Macmillan
5. Beginnings and Early Intellectual Influences
   Palgrave Macmillan
6. Early Challenges to Orthodoxy: The Political Element in the Development of Economic Theory (first published in 1930)
   Palgrave Macmillan
7. Economic Policy Advice-Giving for the Rich and the Poor in the 1960s and 1970s
   Palgrave Macmillan
8. Epilogue
   Palgrave Macmillan
9. International Civil Servant and Studies of the International Economy, 1947–1957
   Palgrave Macmillan
10. Minister of Commerce and Economic Policy-Making for Post-War Sweden, 1944–1947
    Palgrave Macmillan
11. Structuring Counter-Cyclical Fiscal Policies in the 1930s
    Palgrave Macmillan
12. The Population Question and Swedish Social Policy in the 1930s
    Palgrave Macmillan
13. Theorizing About Macro-Economic Instability: Monetary Equilibrium (versions of 1932, 1933, and 1939)
    Palgrave Macmillan

2007

14. Reflections of Eminent Economists Essays in AutobiographySzenberg and Ramrattan's
    A chapter in A Research Annual, 2007, pp 49-52

2005

15. SOCIAL SCIENCE AND POLICY MAKINGFeatherman and Vinovskis’s
    A chapter in A Research Annual, 2005, pp 237-243

1999

16. Irving Fisher (1867-1947): Career Highlights and Formative Influences
    Chapter 1 in The Economics of Irving Fisher, 1999, pp 3-21
17. On Working with Irving Fisher's Papers
    Chapter 2 in The Economics of Irving Fisher, 1999, pp 22-32

1994

18. British Classical Economists and Underdevelopment in India
    Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)