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Journal Articles

2024

1. Book Review: Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism
   The American Economist, 2024, 69, (1), 187-189
2. Why my doctor is a Kantian and my car mechanic is an Aristotelian: bringing marketplace ethics into the classroom
   Advances in Economics Education, 2024, 3, (1), 24-42

2020

3. Book Review: Our great purpose: Adam Smith on living a better life, by Hanley, R. P
   The American Economist, 2020, 65, (2), 344-346

2019

4. Book Review: Where economics went wrong: Chicago’s abandonment of classical liberalism, by Colander, D., & Freedman, C
   The American Economist, 2019, 64, (2), 325-327

2018

5. Antecedents to the crisis: Mandeville, Smith, and Keynes
   International Journal of Social Economics, 2018, 46, (8), 1018-1030
6. Book Review: The infidel and the professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the friendship that shaped modern thought by Rasmussen, D. C
   The American Economist, 2018, 63, (2), 272-274

2017

7. The ethics behind efficiency
   The Journal of Economic Education, 2017, 48, (1), 15-26 View citations (5)

2016

8. Joanna Masel: Bypass Wall Street: A biologist’s guide to the rat race
   Journal of Bioeconomics, 2016, 18, (3), 233-237

2014

9. Economics within a Pluralist Ethical Tradition
   Review of Social Economy, 2014, 72, (4), 417-435 View citations (2)

2013

10. Paul J. Zak (ed.): The moral molecule: the source of love and prosperity
    Journal of Bioeconomics, 2013, 15, (2), 195-198
11. Sentiments and Motivations in Adam Smith and Vernon Smith
    Forum for Social Economics, 2013, 42, (4), 298-301
12. The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination, by Chrisoula Andreou and Mark White
    Eastern Economic Journal, 2013, 39, (2), 263-265

2011

13. Emotions, natural selection, and rationality
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2011, 77, (1), 1-3

2010

14. Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy
    Southern Economic Journal, 2010, 76, (4), 1137-1140

2009

15. Adam Smith on Instincts, Affection, and Informal Learning: Proximate Mechanisms in Multilevel Selection
    Review of Social Economy, 2009, 67, (1), 95-113 View citations (6)
16. Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective on Markets, Law, Ethics, and Culture
    Review of Social Economy, 2009, 67, (2), 254-258
17. Sociability and the Market
    Forum for Social Economics, 2009, 38, (2-3), 97-110 View citations (1)
    Also in Forum for Social Economics, 2009, 38, (2), 97-110 (2009) View citations (2)

2007

18. D. Levine and A. Rizvi, Poverty, Work and Freedom: Political Economy and the Moral Order, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (2005) (Price: $65.00, 159 pp., ISBN 9780521848268)
    Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2007, 36, (1), 163-165
19. The Treatment of Smith's Invisible Hand
    The Journal of Economic Education, 2007, 38, (3), 341-358 View citations (4)

2006

20. Adam Smith's Ethics and the “Noble Arts”
    Review of Social Economy, 2006, 64, (2), 155-180 View citations (5)

2005

21. Adam Smith and Greed
    Journal of Private Enterprise, 2005, 21, (Fall 2005), 46-58 View citations (6)
22. Culture and Prosperity: The Truth about Markets—Why Some Nations Are Rich but Most Remain Poor By John Kay. New York: HarperBusiness, 2004. Pp. xii, 420. $25.95
    Southern Economic Journal, 2005, 71, (3), 683-685

2002

23. The Rise of Adam Smith: Articles and Citations, 1970-1997
    History of Political Economy, 2002, 34, (1), 55-82 View citations (2)

1999

24. Risk adjustment and hospital cost-based resource allocation, with an application to El Salvador
    Social Science & Medicine, 1999, 48, (2), 197-212
25. Using Electronic Data Tools in Writing Assignments
    The Journal of Economic Education, 1999, 30, (1), 21-27 View citations (6)

1985

26. The Efficiency of Producing Alcohol for Energy in Brazil: Comment
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 1985, 33, (4), 851-56

Chapters

2023

1. The kidney market debate: a retrospective on Becker and Elías
   Chapter 16 in Handbook of Teaching Ethics to Economists, 2023, pp 259-277

2011

2. Ethics and Critical Thinking
   Chapter 18 in International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, 2011 View citations (1)

2010

3. Ethics in the Mayan Marketplace
   Palgrave Macmillan

2009

4. Moral Reasoning in Economics
   Chapter 4 in Educating Economists, 2009
5. Teaching Economics
   Chapter 70 in Handbook of Economics and Ethics, 2009