Retrospectives: Between God and the Market: The Religious Roots of the American Economic Association

Bradley W. Bateman and Ethan B. Kapstein

Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1999, vol. 13, issue 4, 249-258

Abstract: This essay examines the strong influence of the Social Gospel movement on the founding of the American Economic Association. Richard T. Ely, the driving force behind the Association's founding, was also the most popular figure in the Social Gospel movement. The essay discusses Ely's influence in the statement of principles that shaped the early AEA and how the founders conceived their original mission as a scientific enterprise to better the lives of the poor and the working class.

JEL-codes: A14 Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
Note: DOI: 10.1257/jep.13.4.249
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