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Working Papers

2013

1. The Interwar Housing Cycle in the Light of 2001-2011: A Comparative Historical Approach
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)

2004

2. Why Multilevel Selection Matters
   Papers on Economics and Evolution, Philipps University Marburg, Department of Geography View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Why multilevel selection matters, Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer (2008) View citations (8) (2008)

Journal Articles

2023

1. The decline of US manufacturing productivity between 1941 and 1948
   Economic History Review, 2023, 76, (4), 1163-1190

2022

2. Robert E. Gallman and Paul W. Rhode: Capital in the Nineteenth Century
   Business Economics, 2022, 57, (2), 81-83

2017

3. Ideology, Economic Policy, and Economic History: Cohen and DeLong's Concrete Economics
   Journal of Economic Literature, 2017, 55, (4), 1526-55
4. The Contradictions of Capital in the Twenty-First Century: The Piketty Opportunity. Edited by Pat Hudson and Keith Tribe. New York: Columbia University Press, Agenda Publishing, 2017. xii + 256 pp. Figures, tables, notes, index. Cloth, $95.00; paper, $30.00. ISBN: cloth, 978-1-911-11610-3; paper, 978-1-911-11611-0
   Business History Review, 2017, 91, (1), 180-183

2016

5. British Economic Growth: 1270–1870. By Stephen Broadberry, Bruce M.S. Campbell, Alexander Klein, Mark Overton, and Bas van Leeuwen Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. 461. $39.99, paper
   The Journal of Economic History, 2016, 76, (1), 236-238
6. The Idea of History in Constructing Economics. By Michael H. Turk London: Routledge, 2015. Pp. viii, 242. $160.00, cloth
   The Journal of Economic History, 2016, 76, (4), 1273-1274

2014

7. Capital in the Twenty-First Century: A Review Essay
   The Journal of Economic History, 2014, 74, (3), 916-920 View citations (1)
8. Jim Lacey. Keep from all Thoughtful Men: How U.S. Economists Won World War II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2011. 288 pp. ISBN 978-1-59114-491-5, $34.95 (cloth)
   Enterprise & Society, 2014, 15, (1), 176-178
9. Prosociality and the military
   Journal of Bioeconomics, 2014, 16, (2), 129-154 View citations (1)
10. Schelling, von Neumann, and the Event that Didn’t Occur
    Games, 2014, 5, (1), 1-37 View citations (2)

2013

11. Mathew Boulton: Enterprising Industrialist of the Enlightenment. Edited by Quickenden Kenneth, Sally Baggott, Malcolm Dick. Farnham: Ashgate. 2013. Pp. xviii, 294. $124.95, hardcover
    The Journal of Economic History, 2013, 73, (3), 874-876

2011

12. The Bounds of Reason: Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences. By Herbert Gintis. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2009. Pp. xiii, 286. $37.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 2011, 71, (1), 256-258

2010

13. Marc D. Hauser: Moral minds: How nature designed our universal sense of right and wrong
    Journal of Bioeconomics, 2010, 12, (2), 173-177
14. The Procyclical Behavior of Total Factor Productivity in the United States, 1890–2004
    The Journal of Economic History, 2010, 70, (2), 326-350 View citations (16)

2009

15. The Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Current Crisis
    Challenge, 2009, 52, (4), 94-105 View citations (1)
16. US economic growth in the gilded age
    Journal of Macroeconomics, 2009, 31, (1), 173-190 View citations (7)

2008

17. Biological and cultural group selection: Comments on Janet Landa’s paper
    Journal of Bioeconomics, 2008, 10, (3), 287-290 View citations (2)
18. The impact of the Second World War on US productivity growth1
    Economic History Review, 2008, 61, (3), 672-694 View citations (16)
19. Why multilevel selection matters
    Journal of Bioeconomics, 2008, 10, (3), 203-238 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Why Multilevel Selection Matters, Papers on Economics and Evolution (2004) View citations (1) (2004)

2007

20. Beyond foraging: behavioral science and the future of institutional economics
    Journal of Institutional Economics, 2007, 3, (3), 265-291 View citations (3)
21. Erratum to "The equipment hypothesis and US economic growth" [Explor. Econ. Hist. 44 (2007) 43-58]
    Explorations in Economic History, 2007, 44, (2), 362-363
22. The equipment hypothesis and US economic growth
    Explorations in Economic History, 2007, 44, (1), 43-58 View citations (8)
23. The origins of US total factor productivity growth in the golden age
    Cliometrica, Journal of Historical Economics and Econometric History, 2007, 1, (1), 63-90 View citations (10)

2006

24. Technological Change and U.S. Productivity Growth in the Interwar Years
    The Journal of Economic History, 2006, 66, (1), 203-236 View citations (31)

2004

25. The Company of Strangers. By Paul Seabright. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004. Pp. x, 304. $29.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (3), 921-923

2003

26. Mirowski's Machine Dreams
    The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2003, 10, (4), 611-622
27. Rethinking the Great Depression: A New View of its Causes and Consequences. By Gene Smiley. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2002. Pp. xii, 179. $24.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (1), 288-289
28. The Most Technologically Progressive Decade of the Century
    American Economic Review, 2003, 93, (4), 1399-1413 View citations (121)

2002

29. As Time Goes By: From the Industrial Revolutions to the Information Revolution. By Chris Freeman and Francisco Louçã. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. viii, 407
    The Journal of Economic History, 2002, 62, (2), 634-636
30. Second Nature: Economic Origins of Human Evolution. By Haim Ofek. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. Pp. 254. $74.95, cloth; $27.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 2002, 62, (3), 922-924

2001

31. NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE: THE CAMBRIDGE ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, VOLUMES II AND III The Cambridge Economic History of the United States. Volume II: The Long Nineteenth Century; Volume III: The Twentieth Century. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000. Pp. x, 1021 and x, 1190, respectively. Each volume $99.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (3), 806-818 View citations (1)
32. R&D, Education, and Productivity: A Retrospective. By Zvi Griliches. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. Pp. ix, 127. $39.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 2001, 61, (2), 577-578

1999

33. Technological Revolutions in Europe: Historical Perspectives. Edited by Maxine Berg and Kristine Bruland. Cheltenham, U.K., and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 1998. Pp. xiii, 325. $85.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1999, 59, (3), 810-811

1997

34. Modern Housing in America: Policy Struggles in the New Deal Era. By Gail Radford. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. Pp. x, 273. $45.00, cloth; $17.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1997, 57, (3), 757-758 View citations (1)

1992

35. Europe, America, and the Wider World: Essays on the Economic History of Western Capitalism. Vol. 2: America and the Wider World. By William N. Parker. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. Pp. xvii, 372. $59.50, cloth; $17.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (4), 983-985
36. The Magnetic Telegraph, Price and Quantity Data, and the New Management of Capital
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (2), 401-413 View citations (15)
37. Uncontrolled Land Development and the Duration of the Depression in the United States
    The Journal of Economic History, 1992, 52, (4), 785-805 View citations (33)

1991

38. Do legal systems matter?
    Explorations in Economic History, 1991, 28, (1), 1-35 View citations (6)
39. Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance. By Douglass C. North. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pp. viii, 152. $32.50, cloth; $10.95, paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1991, 51, (4), 999-1001 View citations (6)

1990

40. Against Mechanism: Protecting Economics from Science. By Philip Mirowski. Totowa, NJ: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 1988. Pp. ix, 250. $34.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (1), 247-250
41. Modern Europe - The Cambridge Economic History of Europe. Vol. 8: The Industrial Economies: The Development of Economic and Social Policies. Edited By Peter Mathias and Sidney Pollard. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. Pp. xix, 1242. $125.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1990, 50, (2), 459-462

1988

42. Enterprise and History: Essays in Honour of Charles Wilson. Edited by D. C. Coleman and Peter Mathias. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1984. Pp. x, 290. $49.50. - Business Life and Public Policy: Essays in Honour of D. C. Coleman. Edited by Neil McKendrick and R. B. Outhwaite. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Pp. xiv, 263. $44.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (1), 235-237
43. Modern Europe - Europe and the Rise of Capitalism. Edited by Jean Baechler, John A. Hall, and Michael Mann. New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Pp. vi, 249. $45.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1988, 48, (4), 921-922

1987

44. Modern Business Enterprise as a Capital-Saving Innovation
    The Journal of Economic History, 1987, 47, (2), 473-485 View citations (7)

1986

45. Class and Reform: School and Society in Chicago, 1880–1930. By David John Hogan. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1985. Pp. xxv, 328. $30.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1986, 46, (4), 1075-1077
46. The Origins of Public High Schools: A Reexamination of the Beverly High School Contoversy. By Maris A. Vinovskis. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1986. Pp, xiv, 172. $27.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1986, 46, (3), 859-861

1985

47. On the unimportance of machinery
    Explorations in Economic History, 1985, 22, (4), 378-401 View citations (17)

1984

48. A New Interpretation of the Onset of the Great Depression
    The Journal of Economic History, 1984, 44, (2), 489-498 View citations (14)
49. Asset Exchanges and the Transactions Demand for Money, 1919-29
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (1), 43-59 View citations (9)
50. Microeconomics, Norms, and Rationality
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1984, 32, (4), 683-711 View citations (16)

1983

51. A Calculating People: The Spread of Numeracy in Early America. by Patricia Cline Cohen. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. pp. x, 269
    The Journal of Economic History, 1983, 43, (4), 1031-1032
52. Land Abundance, Interest/Profit Rates, and Nineteenth-Century American and British Technology
    The Journal of Economic History, 1983, 43, (2), 405-431 View citations (11)

1982

53. The Rise of Literacy and the Common School in the United States: A Socioeconomic Analysis to 1870. By Lee Soltow and Edward Stevens. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981. Pp. xii, 247. $20.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1982, 42, (3), 720-721

1981

54. Economic Thought and Doctrine - The Machinery Question and the Making of Political Economy, 1815–1848. By Maxine Berg. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Pp. x, 379. $35.00
    The Journal of Economic History, 1981, 41, (1), 252-253
55. Region und Industrialisierung: Studien zur Rolle der Region in der Wirtschaftsgeschichte der letzten zwei Jahrhunderte. Edited by Sidney Pollard. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1980. Pp. 297. DM 58
    The Journal of Economic History, 1981, 41, (3), 676-677
56. The problem with neoclassical institutional economics: A critique with special reference to the North/Thomas model of pre-1500 Europe
    Explorations in Economic History, 1981, 18, (2), 174-198 View citations (23)

1980

57. A System of Social Science: Papers Relating to Adam Smith. By Andrew S. Skinner. New York: Oxford University Press, 1979. Pp. vi, 278. $24.95. - John Locke: Economist and Social Scientist. By Karen Iversen Vaughn. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1980. Pp. xiv, 178. $13.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1980, 40, (2), 448-450
58. Economic Thought and Social Change. By J. Ron Stanfield. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1979. Pp. xxi, 194. $12.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1980, 40, (3), 680-681
59. Industrialization and Skill Intensity: The Case of Massachusetts
    Journal of Human Resources, 1980, 15, (2), 149-175 View citations (6)

1979

60. Contested Terrain: The Transformation of the Workplace in the Twentieth Century. By Richard Edwards. New York: Basic Books, 1979. Pp. ix + 261. $12.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1979, 39, (4), 1073-1075 View citations (1)
61. Economic and Demographic Determinants of Educational Commitment: Massachusetts, 1855
    The Journal of Economic History, 1979, 39, (2), 439-459 View citations (10)
62. On the Explanation of Rules Using Rational Choice Models
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1979, 13, (1), 49-72 View citations (11)
63. The Evolution of Economic Ideas. By Phyllis Deane. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978. Pp. xv, 236. $21.00 cloth, $7.95 paper
    The Journal of Economic History, 1979, 39, (2), 606-607

1978

64. Political Economy in Parliament, 1819–1823. By Barry Gordon. New York: Bames and Noble, 1977. Pp. ix, 246. $21.50
    The Journal of Economic History, 1978, 38, (3), 773-775
65. Sectoral shift in antebellum Massachusetts: A reconsideration
    Explorations in Economic History, 1978, 15, (2), 146-171 View citations (27)

1977

66. Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life by Samuel Bowles; Herbert Gintis
    Journal of Human Resources, 1977, 12, (2), 275-277
67. Schooling in Capitalist America: Educational Reform and the Contradictions of Economic Life. By Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis. New York: Basic Books, 1976. Pp. 340. $13.95
    The Journal of Economic History, 1977, 37, (2), 491-492
68. The School upon a Hill: Education and Society in Colonial New England. By James Axtell. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1974. Pp. xxi + 298. $17.50. - Education and the Industrial Revolution. By E. G. West. London, Batsford, 1975. Pp. 275. £6.50
    Business History Review, 1977, 51, (1), 115-118

1976

69. Causal Explanation and Model Building in History, Economics, and the New Economic History. By Peter D. McClelland. Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell University Press, 1975. Pp. 290. $12.50
    Business History Review, 1976, 50, (1), 96-99
70. Educational Reform and Manufacturing Development in Mid-Nineteenth Century Massachusetts
    The Journal of Economic History, 1976, 36, (1), 263-266 View citations (4)

Chapters

2024

1. Historical Measures of Economic Output
   Springer

2017

2. The Savings and Loan Insolvencies and the Costs of Financial Crisis
   A chapter in Research in Economic History, 2017, vol. 33, pp 65-113 View citations (1)

2014

3. The Interwar Housing Cycle in the Light of 2001-2012: A Comparative Historical Perspective
   A chapter in Housing and Mortgage Markets in Historical Perspective, 2014, pp 39-80 View citations (7)

2011

4. The Adversity/Hysteresis Effect: Depression-Era Productivity Growth in the U.S. Railroad Sector
   A chapter in The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, 2011, pp 579-606 View citations (3)

2004

5. ECONOMICS, BIOLOGY, AND CULTURE: HODGSON ON HISTORY
   A chapter in A Research Annual, 2004, pp 373-398