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Working Papers

2023

1. Nationalism as a Response to Worker Militancy
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
2. The Industrial Degradation of Workers That Thorstein Veblen Overlooked
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
3. Thorstein Veblen, The Meaning of Work, and its Humanization
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
4. When Microeconomic Instruction Serves as Ideology
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics

2022

5. Had Keynes Read More Veblen: The Imperative of a Scientific Theory of Human Behavior
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics

2021

6. Why Ideology Exists
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Why Ideology Exists, Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals (2023) View citations (1) (2023)
7. Why We All Must Work
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics

2020

8. A Brief Sketch of the Economic Causes of War and Peace
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
9. The Proletarianization of the Professoriate and the Threat to Free Expression, Creativity, and Economic Dynamism
   Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article The Proletarianization of the Professoriate and the Threat to Free Expression, Creativity, and Economic Dynamism, Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) (2020)

2018

10. Exploitation, Human Nature, and Social Institutions
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
11. Marx, the Predisposition to Reject Markets and Private Property, and Attractive Alternatives to Capitalism
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Marx, the Predisposition to Reject Markets and Private Property, and Attractive Alternatives to Capitalism, Forum for Social Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) (2020)
12. Privatisation de la Francaise des Jeux
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
13. Why has the Great Recession Failed to Produce a New New Deal in the U.S.?
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics

2017

14. Guaranteed Employment and Universal Child Care For a New Social Contract
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
15. Politics, Not Economics, Ultimately Drives Inequality
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Politics, Not Economics, Ultimately Drives Inequality, Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals (2017) (2017)
16. The Dynamics of Inequality in the Human Story: A Brief Sketch
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article The dynamics of inequality in the human story: a brief sketch, International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd (2018) (2018)
17. Why Has Labor Not Demanded Guaranteed Employment?
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
    Also in Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics (2016)
    See also Journal Article Why Has Labor Not Demanded Guaranteed Employment?, Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals (2021) (2021)

2016

18. Conspicuous Consumption and Darwin's Critical Sexual Selection Dynamic That Thorstein Veblen Missed
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics

2015

19. What Drives Inequality?
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics

2014

20. Capitalism and Inequality Re-Examined
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
21. What the Rich Won Over the Past 35 Years and What Everyone Else Lost
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics

2013

22. Ending the Crisis With Guaranteed Employment and Retraining
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
23. Government Is Whose Problem?
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Government Is Whose Problem?, Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) View citations (4) (2013)
24. Labor Busted, Rising Inequality and the Financial Crisis of 1929: An Unlearned Lesson
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
25. Why Marx Still Matters
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Why Marx still matters, International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd (2013) (2013)

2012

26. 9/11, Foreign Threats, Political Legitimacy, and Democratic Social Institutions
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
27. The Growth Trap, Ecological Devastation, and the Promise of Guaranteed Employment
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article The Growth Trap, Ecological Devastation, and the Promise of Guaranteed Employment, Challenge, Taylor & Francis Journals (2013) (2013)
28. Wage Stagnation, Rising Inequality and the Financial Crisis of 2008
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Wage stagnation, rising inequality and the financial crisis of 2008, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Cambridge Political Economy Society (2013) View citations (47) (2013)

2011

29. Degraded Work, Declining Community, Rising Inequality, and the Transformation of the Protestant Ethic in America: 1870-1930
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Degraded Work, Declining Community, Rising Inequality, and the Transformation of the Protestant Ethic in America: 1870–1930, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell (2013) View citations (2) (2013)
30. Increasing Inequality and the Financial Crises of 1929 and 2008
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (2)

2010

31. Inequality, Social Respectability, Political Power and Environmental Devastation
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Inequality, Social Respectability, Political Power, and Environmental Devastation, Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals (2011) View citations (15) (2011)
32. Rising Inequality and the Financial Crises of 1929 and 2008
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Chapter Rising Inequality and the Financial Crises of 1929 and 2008, Perspectives from Social Economics, Palgrave Macmillan (2011) (2011)

2009

33. Creative Destruction, Economic Insecurity, Stress and Epidemic Obesity
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Creative Destruction, Economic Insecurity, Stress, and Epidemic Obesity, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell (2010) View citations (9) (2010)
34. Increasing Inequality, Status Insecurity, Ideology, and the Financial Crisis of 2008
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
35. Legitimating Inequality: Fooling Most of the People All of the Time
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Legitimating Inequality: Fooling Most of the People All of the Time, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell (2011) View citations (13) (2011)
36. On Human Behavior, Human Fulfillment, and the Nature of the Workplace
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics

2008

37. Household Saving, Class Identitiy, and Conspicuous Consumption
    Working Papers, American University, Department of Economics View citations (18)
    See also Journal Article Household Saving, Class Identity, and Conspicuous Consumption, Journal of Economic Issues, Taylor & Francis Journals (2009) View citations (26) (2009)

Journal Articles

2023

1. The 2023 Veblen-Commons Award Recipient: Jon D. Wisman: Thorstein Veblen, the Meaning of Work, and its Humanization
   Journal of Economic Issues, 2023, 57, (2), 355-374
2. Why Ideology Exists
   Journal of Economic Issues, 2023, 57, (1), 200-217 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Why Ideology Exists, Working Papers (2021) (2021)

2021

3. Why Has Labor Not Demanded Guaranteed Employment?
   Journal of Economic Issues, 2021, 55, (3), 677-696
   See also Working Paper Why Has Labor Not Demanded Guaranteed Employment?, Working Papers (2017) (2017)

2020

4. Marx, the Predisposition to Reject Markets and Private Property, and Attractive Alternatives to Capitalism
   Forum for Social Economics, 2020, 49, (3), 281-298
   See also Working Paper Marx, the Predisposition to Reject Markets and Private Property, and Attractive Alternatives to Capitalism, Working Papers (2018) (2018)
5. The Proletarianization of the Professoriate and the Threat to Free Expression, Creativity, and Economic Dynamism
   Journal of Economic Issues, 2020, 54, (3), 876-894
   See also Working Paper The Proletarianization of the Professoriate and the Threat to Free Expression, Creativity, and Economic Dynamism, Working Papers (2020) (2020)

2019

6. The Darwinian dynamic of sexual selection that Thorstein Veblen missed and its relevance to institutional economics
   Journal of Institutional Economics, 2019, 15, (1), 49-72
7. The Fundamental Character of Socioeconomic Exploitation: Human Nature, Technology, Social Institutions, and Ideology
   Journal of Economic Issues, 2019, 53, (4), 895-913

2018

8. Le monopole de l’Etat français sur les jeux d’argent: de l’art d’extorquer des fonds aux plus démunis
   Revue de la Régulation - Capitalisme, institutions, pouvoirs, 2018, 22
9. The dynamics of inequality in the human story: a brief sketch
   International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2018, 9, (1/2), 4-17
   See also Working Paper The Dynamics of Inequality in the Human Story: A Brief Sketch, Working Papers (2017) (2017)

2017

10. Politics, Not Economics, Ultimately Drives Inequality
    Challenge, 2017, 60, (4), 347-367
    See also Working Paper Politics, Not Economics, Ultimately Drives Inequality, Working Papers (2017) (2017)

2015

11. What the American Elite Won over the Past 35 Years and What All Other Americans Lost
    Challenge, 2015, 58, (3), 197-221

2014

12. Ending the Unemployment Crisis with Guaranteed Employment and Retraining
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2014, 48, (3), 679-706 View citations (1)
13. The Financial Crisis of 1929 Reexamined: The Role of Soaring Inequality
    Review of Political Economy, 2014, 26, (3), 372-391

2013

14. Degraded Work, Declining Community, Rising Inequality, and the Transformation of the Protestant Ethic in America: 1870–1930
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2013, 72, (5), 1075-1105 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper Degraded Work, Declining Community, Rising Inequality, and the Transformation of the Protestant Ethic in America: 1870-1930, Working Papers (2011) View citations (1) (2011)
15. Government Is Whose Problem?
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2013, 47, (4), 911-938 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Government Is Whose Problem?, Working Papers (2013) View citations (4) (2013)
16. The Growth Trap, Ecological Devastation, and the Promise of Guaranteed Employment
    Challenge, 2013, 56, (2), 53-78
    See also Working Paper The Growth Trap, Ecological Devastation, and the Promise of Guaranteed Employment, Working Papers (2012) (2012)
17. Wage stagnation, rising inequality and the financial crisis of 2008
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2013, 37, (4), 921-945 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper Wage Stagnation, Rising Inequality and the Financial Crisis of 2008, Working Papers (2012) View citations (4) (2012)
18. Why Marx still matters
    International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, 2013, 4, (3), 229-242
    See also Working Paper Why Marx Still Matters, Working Papers (2013) (2013)

2011

19. Inequality, Social Respectability, Political Power, and Environmental Devastation
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2011, 45, (4), 877-900 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper Inequality, Social Respectability, Political Power and Environmental Devastation, Working Papers (2010) View citations (3) (2010)
20. Legitimating Inequality: Fooling Most of the People All of the Time
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2011, 70, (4), 974-1013 View citations (13)
    See also Working Paper Legitimating Inequality: Fooling Most of the People All of the Time, Working Papers (2009) View citations (1) (2009)

2010

21. Creative Destruction, Economic Insecurity, Stress, and Epidemic Obesity
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2010, 69, (3), 936-982 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Creative Destruction, Economic Insecurity, Stress and Epidemic Obesity, Working Papers (2009) (2009)
22. The Moral Imperative and Social Rationality of Government-Guaranteed Employment and Reskilling
    Review of Social Economy, 2010, 68, (1), 35-67 View citations (8)

2009

23. Household Saving, Class Identity, and Conspicuous Consumption
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2009, 43, (1), 89-114 View citations (26)
    See also Working Paper Household Saving, Class Identitiy, and Conspicuous Consumption, Working Papers (2008) View citations (18) (2008)

2006

24. State Lotteries: Using State Power to Fleece the Poor
    Journal of Economic Issues, 2006, 40, (4), 955-966 View citations (5)

2005

25. Did US labor's post‐World War II successes lead to its subsequent woes?
    International Journal of Social Economics, 2005, 32, (10), 899-915

2003

26. The Scope and Promising Future of Social Economics
    Review of Social Economy, 2003, 61, (4), 425-445 View citations (10)

2001

27. Creative destruction and labor's options
    Forum for Social Economics, 2001, 30, (2), 51-76
    Also in Forum for Social Economics, 2001, 30, (2), 51-76 (2001)

1999

28. American Institutionalism on Technological Change
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1999, 33, (4), 887-902 View citations (2)

1998

29. Christianity, John Paul II and the future of work
    International Journal of Social Economics, 1998, 25, (11/12), 1658-1671

1997

30. The ignored question of workplace democracy in political discourse
    International Journal of Social Economics, 1997, 24, (12), 1388-1403

1993

31. Should Formerly Socialist Economies Attempt to Leapfrog Classical Capitalism?
    International Journal of Social Economics, 1993, 20, (2), 12-26

1992

32. Capital‐Labour Tensions and Liberal Economic Thought
    International Journal of Social Economics, 1992, 19, (10/11/12), 279-297

1991

33. The Methodology of Institutionalism Revisited
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1991, 25, (3), 709-737 View citations (3)

1990

34. The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1990, 24, (1), 299-303

1989

35. Economic Knowledge, Evolutionary Epistemology, and Human Interests
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1989, 23, (2), 647-656

1988

36. The Dominance of Consensual over Technical Rationality in Confucius' Socio‐economic Thought
    International Journal of Social Economics, 1988, 15, (1), 58-67

1987

37. A Theory of Economic Systems
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1987, 21, (1), 540-543
38. An economic response to the threat of nuclear war
    Forum for Social Economics, 1987, 17, (1), 43-58
39. Human Interests, Modes of Rationality and the Social Foundations of Economic Science
    International Journal of Social Economics, 1987, 14, (7/8/9), 88-98

1986

40. Keynesian economics and Economists’ views on the state
    Forum for Social Economics, 1986, 16, (3), 1-15
41. The Renaissance of Natural Law Cosmology: Free Markets and Fettered Minds
    International Journal of Social Economics, 1986, 13, (10), 26-37
42. The methodology of W. Arthur Lewis's development economics: Economics as pedagogy
    World Development, 1986, 14, (2), 165-180 View citations (1)
43. What is Political Economy?
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1986, 20, (1), 226-229

1980

44. Response to Brennan’s Comment
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1980, 14, (3), 775-780
45. The Challenge of Humanistic Economics
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1980, 14, (1), 227-230
46. The Sociology of Knowledge as a Tool for Research Into the History of Economic Thought
    American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 1980, 39, (1), 83-94
47. Values and Modes of Rationality in Economic Science
    International Journal of Social Economics, 1980, 7, (3), 137-148

1979

48. Toward a Humanist Reconstruction of Economic Science
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1979, 13, (1), 19-48

1975

49. The Chicago School: Positivism or Ideal Type
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1975, 9, (4), 665-679 View citations (2)

1973

50. Wealth Taxation for the United States
    Journal of Economic Issues, 1973, 7, (3), 417-436 View citations (1)

Chapters

2013

1. Rising Job Complexity and the Need for Government Guaranteed Work and Training
   Palgrave Macmillan

2011

2. Rising Inequality and the Financial Crises of 1929 and 2008
   Palgrave Macmillan
   See also Working Paper Rising Inequality and the Financial Crises of 1929 and 2008, American University, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (5) (2010)