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Working Papers

2011

1. IS EQUILIBRIUM ENOUGH AND WAS STIGLER WRONG? VALUE THEORY IN THE BÖHM-BAWERK / FISHER CONTROVERSIES
   Center for the History of Political Economy Working Paper Series, Center for the History of Political Economy

1993

2. The Mytholocy of Capital or of Equilibrium?: The Bohm- Bawerk/Clark Controversy
   Working Papers, York (Canada) - Department of Economics

1992

3. Integrating Writing Across the Curriculum into Economics: Benefits and Costs of Taking the Plunge
   Working Papers, York (Canada) - Department of Economics

1990

4. Does Joan Robinson's Critique of Equilibrium Entail Theoritical Nihilism?
   Working Papers, York (Canada) - Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Chapter Does Joan Robinson's Critique of Equilibrium Entail Theoretical Nihilism?, Chapters, Edward Elgar Publishing (1993) (1993)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Introduction to JEE symposium on “What should go into the only economics course students will ever take?”
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2024, 55, (2), 107-109
2. Teaching-Track Economists in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, 114, 305-13
3. Teaching-Track Economists: A Canadian Perspective
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2024, 114, 318-22
4. What do we want students to (know and) be able to do: Learning outcomes, competencies, and content in literacy-targeted principles courses
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2024, 55, (2), 128-145

2020

5. A Pareto-Improving Way to Teach Principles of Economics: Evidence from the University of Toronto
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2020, 110, 299-303 View citations (8)

2019

6. Scalable, scaffolded writing assignments with online peer review in a large introductory economics course
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2019, 50, (4), 371-387 View citations (2)

2014

7. Veblen Contra Clark and Fisher: Veblen-Robinson-Harcourt lineagesin capital controversies and beyond
   Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2014, 38, (6), 1493-1515 View citations (4)

2010

8. CAPITAL CONTROVERSY FROM BÖHM-BAWERK TO BLISS: BADLY POSED OR VERY DEEP QUESTIONS? OR WHAT “WE” CAN LEARN FROM CAPITAL CONTROVERSY EVEN IF YOU DON'T CARE WHO WON
   Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2010, 32, (1), 1-21 View citations (8)

2009

9. Whatever Happened to the Cambridge Capital Theory Controversies? (With comments by L. Pasinetti, F. Fisher, J. Felipe and J. McCombie, R. Greenfield and reply by the authors)
   Voprosy Ekonomiki, 2009, (8)

2008

10. THE MYTHOLOGY OF CAPITAL OR OF STATIC EQUILIBRIUM? THE BÖHM-BAWERK/CLARK CONTROVERSY
    Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2008, 30, (2), 151-171 View citations (7)

2006

11. The Kaldor/Knight controversy: Is capital a distinct and quantifiable factor of production?
    The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2006, 13, (1), 141-161 View citations (1)

2003

12. Comments
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2003, 17, (4), 227-235 View citations (1)
13. Retrospectives: Whatever Happened to the Cambridge Capital Theory Controversies?
    Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2003, 17, (1), 199-214 View citations (187)
14. The Hayek/Knight Capital Controversy: The Irrelevance of Roundaboutness, or Purging Processes in Time?
    History of Political Economy, 2003, 35, (3), 469-490 View citations (5)

1992

15. Stabilizing Dynamics: Constructing Economic Knowledge. By E. Roy Weintraub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. x, 177. $39.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (4), 977-978

1990

16. Economic Thought - The State and the Economic System: An Introduction to the History of Political Economy. By Phyllis Deane. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. Pp. xii, 205. $36.00, cloth; $11.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (1), 240-241

1989

17. Prices, Capital, and the One-Commodity Model in Neoclassical and Classical Theories
    History of Political Economy, 1989, 21, (2), 231-251 View citations (6)
18. Reading Lists in History of Economic Thought
    The American Economist, 1989, 33, (2), 77-90

1987

19. Factor substitution and induced innovation in north American kraft pulping: 1914-1940
    Explorations in Economic History, 1987, 24, (2), 197-217 View citations (4)
20. Most Wonderful Machine: Mechanization and Social Change in Berkshire Paper Making, 1801–1885. By Judith A. McGaw. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. Pp. xvii, 439. $40.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (4), 1044-1046

1986

21. Phil Weyerhaeuser: Lumberman. By Charles E. Twining. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1985. Pp. xvii, 401. $25.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1986, 46, (4), 1098-1099

1985

22. Explaining Technical Change: A Case Study in the Philosophy of Science
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1985, 19, (1), 263-265 View citations (1)
23. Issues in the Cambridge Controversies
    Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 1985, 7, (4), 612-615

1984

24. Technological Change as Historical Process: The Case of the U.S. Pulp and Paper Industry, 1915–1940
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (3), 775-799 View citations (5)
25. The Methodological Resolution of the Cambridge Controversies
    Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 1984, 6, (4), 614-629 View citations (3)

1983

26. "The Laws of Returns Under Competitive Conditions": Progress in Microeconomics since Sraffa (1926)?
    Eastern Economic Journal, 1983, 9, (3), 213-220 View citations (2)
27. Classical and Neoclassical Theories of General Equilibrium [A Review Article]
    Australian Economic Papers, 1983, 22, (4), 180-200

Books

2022

1. Some Cambridge Controversies in the Theory of Capital
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press

2011

2. International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (36)

Edited books

2005

1. Capital Theory, vol Three volume set
   Books, Edward Elgar Publishing View citations (1)

Chapters

2011

1. Why and How to Teach the History of Economic Thought: Economics as Historically Produced Knowledge
   Chapter 52 in International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, 2011

2010

2. Reswitching and Reversing in Capital Theory
   Chapter 24 in Famous Figures and Diagrams in Economics, 2010

1993

3. Does Joan Robinson's Critique of Equilibrium Entail Theoretical Nihilism?
   Chapter 13 in MACROECONOMIC THEORY, 1993, pp 222-240
   See also Working Paper Does Joan Robinson's Critique of Equilibrium Entail Theoritical Nihilism?, York (Canada) - Department of Economics (1990) View citations (1) (1990)
4. Samuelson and the 93% Scarcity Theory of Value
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)