American Journal of Economics and Sociology

1941 - 2025

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Volume 42, issue 4, 1983

Modeling Criminal Activity in an Area in Economic Decline: Local Economic Conditions Are a Major Factor in Local Property Crimes pp. 385-392

Yih‐wu Liu and H. Bhh Richard

Basic Needs and Technology Transfer Issues in the ‘New International Economic Order’ pp. 393-404

Kempe R. Hope

Value‐relevant Sociology: The Analysis of Subjects of Social Consequence, Including Implications for Human Well‐being pp. 405-416

David J. Gray

On the Use and Abuse of Thorstein Veblen in Modern American Sociology, I: David Riesman's Reductionist Interpretation and Talcott Parsons' Pluralist Critique pp. 417-429

J. L. Simich and Rick Tilman

A Major Contribution to Business Cycle Research pp. 429-430

Will Lissner

The Pursuance of Better Quality of life: In the Long Run, Better Quality of Social Life Is the Most Important Factor in Migration pp. 431-440

Chang‐tseh Hsieh and Ben‐chieh Liu

Patterns of Property Tax Exploitation Produced By Infrequent Assessments pp. 441-450

Jerome F. Heavey

Westward Thrusts the Pioneer Zone in Venezuela: A Half Century of Economic Development Along the Llanos‐Andes Border pp. 451-462

Raymond E. Crisi

The geopolitics of the Arctic pp. 463-471

Joseph S. Roucek

The German Wellsprings of American Democracy pp. 471-472

Will Lissner

Admission Income and Historic Houses: Higher Revenue Is associated with Price Policy. More Services and Less Education pp. 473-482

William S. Hendon

J. A. Hobson and British Imperialism pp. 483-500

John Cunnicngham Wood

Truth, Lawyers, and principles pp. 500-502

Morris D. Forkosch

Volume 42, issue 3, 1983

Energy Development and U. S. Government Policy: Recommendations for Using Market Forces to Achieve Optimum National Goals pp. 257-257

Murray Weidenbaum

The Diffusion of Superior Technology pp. 273-274

Joseph L. Naar

Land for the People—A Vital Need Every where: In Latin America and the Caribbean, It's Now ‘a Prey to Hastening Ills,’ and Decay pp. 275-290

Raymond E. Crist

Foreign Investment in U. S. Agricultural Land: An Overview of the National Issue and a Case Study of Vermont pp. 291-304

Mark B. Laping and Margaret Lecko

Ethnic Competition for Residential Space in Miami, Florida, 1970–80 pp. 305-314

Morton D. Winsberg

General Measures to Assist Workers and Firms in Adjusting to Injury from Freer Trade: Issues Raised by Various European Approaches and Some ad hoc Industry Measures Adopted elsewhere pp. 315-327

Leslie Stein

Right‐to‐Work Laws and Geographic Differences in Living Costs: An Analysis of Effects of the ‘Union Shop’ Ban for the Years 1974, 1976, and 1978 pp. 329-340

Richard Cebula

The Conflict Between the Scientific‐Technological Process and Malignant Ceremonialism* pp. 341-352

Louis Junker

‘Value Freedom’ and the Scope of Economic Inquiry: II. The Fact/Value Continuum and the Basis for Scientific and Humanistic Policy pp. 353-368

Larry Dwyer

Billboards, Aesthetics and the Police Power: Legislative Developments Have Largely Negated Judicial Gains by Scenic Beauty Proponents pp. 369-382

Charles F. Floysd

L.V.T.—Alive, in Place, and Working Well pp. 383-384

Will Lissner

Volume 42, issue 2, 1983

From the New Deal to the New Federalism: Presidential Ideology in the U.S. from 1932 to 1982 pp. 129-148

Irving Louis Horowitz

Evidence of Sex Discrimination: In Similar Populations, Men Are Paid Better Than Women pp. 149-152

William E. Remus and Lane Kellky

Cant from a Nobel Laureate pp. 152-152

Will Lissner

Classification of Nations as Developed and Less Developed: An Arrangement by Discriminant Analysis of Socioeconomic Data pp. 153-166

George Dellaportas.

Challenge to the Federal Reserve pp. 166-166

Joseph L. Naar

Adolph Lowe's Paradigm Shift for a Scientific Economics: An Interpretive Perspective pp. 167-178

Richard X. Chase

Dialectics, Functionalism, and Structuralism, in Economic Thought pp. 179-192

Siegfried G. Karsten

Suburban Encroachment on the Old North 40: The Search for Effective Measures to Preserve Agricultural Land pp. 193-208

Rebecca Conard

Property Tax Circuit‐breakers: Good Causes but Bad Economics pp. 209-216

William T. Harris

The Academic Mind and the Rise of U.S. Imperialism: Historians and Economists as Publicists for Ideas of Colonial Expansion pp. 217-234

Gary Marotta

Was Vilfredo Pareto Really a ‘Precursor’ of Fascism.? pp. 235-246

Renato Cirillo

The Progress and Poverty Centenary: Advocates and Opponents Will Enjoy and Learn from the Papers Given at One Celebration pp. 247-254

Warren Samuels

Threats to Our Democratic System pp. 255-256

J. Skelly Wright

Volume 42, issue 1, 1983

Federal Water Resources Policy and Decision‐Making: Their Formulation Is Essentially a Political Process Conditioned by Government Structure and Needs pp. 1-12

William Sander

The Sociopolitical Analysis of Global Inflation: A Theoretical and Empirical Examination of an Influential Basic Explanation pp. 13-28

John Addison and John Burton

Non‐Mortgage Factors Affecting Housing Sales and Construction: A Case Study of Transactions in 3 Counties of Southeastern Wisconsin, 1974‐78 pp. 29-37

Abdullah Zarinnia

A Note on Relevant Comparisons of Corporations and Countries pp. 39-43

Benjamin B. Greene

Selected Elements of Henry George's Legitimacy as an Economist pp. 45-61

Aaron B. Fuller

Henry George's Challenge to the Economics Profession pp. 63-66

Warren Samuels

Land Speculation in Southern California: Energy Monopoly, Fiscal Crisis and the Future pp. 67-74

Michael F. Sheehan

Two Twists in Economic Methodology: Positivism and Subjectivism pp. 75-91

William M. Dugger

Szasz on Contract, Liberty and Autonomy pp. 93-100

Peter G. Stillman

Nicole Oresme and Medieval Social Science The 14th Century Debunker of Astrology Wrote an Early Monetary Treatise pp. 101-111

Kevin B. Bales

Management of the Federal Debt: Lengthening the Average Maturity by Funding More into Long Term Issues Would Be Realistic pp. 113-115

Lowell Harriss

A Natural Science Version of Socioeconomic Evolution: Copeland's Essays Are His First Sustained Attempt to Apply His Approach to Economic History pp. 117-119

James R. Millar

Proposition 4, Tax Reduction Mirage: A Comment on the Cebular‐Chevlin Attempt to Estimate Its Potential Impacts pp. 121-124

Anthony L. Ostrosky and Stephen M. Renas