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Volume 39, issue 4, 1980

Modernization and Modes of Production in the North Atlantic: A Critique of Policy Formation for the Development of Marginal Maritime Communities pp. 305-319

J. I. Prattis

A ‘Town‐and‐Gown’ Assault on Urban Problems pp. 319-320

Will Lissner

Bureaucrats as “Social Engineers”: Federal Welfare Programs in Herbert Hoover's America pp. 321-335

Edward D. Berkowitz and Kim Mcquaid

Altruism and Economic Behavior: II Private Charity and Public Policy pp. 337-352

David A. Kennett

Trivial Changes That Facilitate Research pp. 353-354

Will Lissner

Property Tax Circuit Breakers Reconsidered: Continuing Issues Surrounding a Popular Program pp. 355-372

John H. Bowman

Land and Its Taxation as Issues in Economic Theory: What Is the Reason for Their Eclipse? pp. 373-382

Athanasios Thanos Skouras

Joshua K. Ingalls, American Individualist: Land Reformer, Opponent of Henry George and Advocate of Land Leasing, Now an Established Mode pp. 383-396

Bowman N. Hall

Lincoln Staffens and the McNamara Case: A Progressive Response to Class Conflict pp. 397-412

Herbert Shapiro

Are Household Services Overvalued? pp. 413-415

Martin Murphy

New Data on Worker Self‐administration pp. 415-417

Jiri Kolaja

On Managerial Professionalism Comment pp. 418-419

John H. Lorant

Reply pp. 420-421

William James Haga

Volume 39, issue 3, 1980

Henry George, Biblical Morality and Economic Ethics: Some Conclusions from a Lifetime's Study of the Relation Between Ethics and Economics* pp. 209-215

Preston Bkadley

Meeting the Challenge of Soviet Powers pp. 215-216

Jimmy Carter

Pyramids, Derricks and Mule Teams in the Yucatán Peninsula: A Second Effort In 2,500 Years to Develop a Jungle and Forest Area pp. 217-226

Raymond E. Crist and Louis A. Paganini

Measurement of the Socioeconomic Impact of Lake Restoration: An Assessment Model Employing a Benefit/Cost Cross‐Impact Probabilistic Approach pp. 227-236

Ben‐chieh Liu, Neils Christiansen and John Jaksch

Political Unionism and Autonomy in Economies of British Colonial Origin: The Cases of Jamaica and Trinidad pp. 237-248

Caswell L. Johnson

Urbanization and Migration in Brazil pp. 249-259

F. E. Wagner and John O. Ward

The Time Horizon of Planned Social Change: II. How the Advocates of Social Reform May Expedite Their Purpose Through Temporal Calibration pp. 261-272

Richard Noyes

Toward an Extension and Revision of the Concept of Waste pp. 273-287

Henry Winnthrop

Integration of the Social and Behavioral Sciences pp. 287-288

Will Lissnek

Site Value Taxation and the Timing of Land Development pp. 289-294

Richard W. Douglas

The ‘Socialism’ of Léon Walras and His Economic Thinking pp. 295-303

Renato Cirillo

Volume 39, issue 2, 1980

The Effectiveness of Public Assistance Payments in Reducing Poverty pp. 113-121

George Dellaportas

Unemployment as a Factor in Early Retirement Decisions pp. 123-136

Sally Bould

Foreign Capital and Development Strategy in Irish Industrialization, 1958–70 pp. 137-150

Frank Long

Emergence of Political Unionism in Economies of British Colonial Origin: The Cases of Jamaica and Trinidad pp. 151-164

Caswell L. Johnson

The Michigan Circuit Breaker and its Impact on the Incidence of the Property Tax pp. 169-181

Phillip May and Mokhlis Zaki

In Memoriam: C. V. Hill, 1901–1979 pp. 181-182

Will Lissner

Altruism and Economic Behavior, I Developments in the Theory of Public and Private Redistribution pp. 183-198

David A. Kennett

Cultural Values and Social Planning: A Control Theory Approach to Satisfying a Social Welfare Criterion pp. 199-199

A. Frank Thompson

Volume 39, issue 1, 1980

Economic Growth and Quality of Life: A Comparative Indicator Analysis Between China (Taiwan), U.S.A. and Other Developed Countries pp. 1-21

Ben‐Chieh Liu

Economic Analysis in Talmudic Literature: Some Ancient Studies of Value pp. 22-22

Roman A. Ohrenstein

The Rise and Fall of Maya Civilization pp. 23-30

Raymond E. Crist and Louis A. Paganini

Economic Development, Social Mobilization and the Growth of Public Expenditures in Greece pp. 31-48

Nicholas A. Michas

Structural‐Functional Dynamics in the Analysis of Socio‐economic Systems: Adaptation of Structural Change Processes to Biological Systems of Human Interaction pp. 49-64

Richard Chase

The Time Horizon of Planned Social Change: I. Why Utopian Movements Always Promise Amelioration in the Future pp. 65-77

Richard Noyes

A Bid‐Price Model for ‘Non‐Western’ Cities: Revised Specification and Empirical Test pp. 78-78

Cyrus Bassett Dawsey

Mary E. Switzer: The Entrepreneur Within the Federal Bureaucracy pp. 79-81

Edward Berkowitz

The Sociology of Knowledge as a Tool for Research Into the History of Economic Thought pp. 83-94

Jon Wisman

The Theoretical Background of Henry George's Value Theory* pp. 95-104

Morris D. Forkosch

Individualism, Collectivism and the Latter‐day Institutionalists: A Raving Review by Professor Junker* pp. 105-106

David Seckler

The Need for a Land Price Inded* pp. 107-109

Henry S. Reuss

In Memoriam: A. P. Becker pp. 109-111

Richard W. Lindholm

Volume 38, issue 4, 1979

Alternative Methods of School Finance: An Empirical Analysis of Cities in San Diego County pp. 337-348

Dean Popp and Walter Vogt

Public Choice and Land Tax Fairness pp. 349-356

Richard W. Lindholm

Local Policy for National Prosperity pp. 356-356

Arthur P. Becker

Henry George: The Economist as Moralist* pp. 357-369

Morris D. Forkosch

The High Price of Land pp. 370-370

P. I. Prentice

Nealtican, Mexico: A Peasant Community That Rejected the ‘Green Revolution’ pp. 371-387

David L. Clawson and Don R. Hoy

Humanism and Economic Progress pp. 388-388

John Paul

Crime Rates, Clearance Rates and Enforcement Effort: The Case of Houston, Texas* pp. 389-402

Dale Cloninger and Lester C. Sartorius

Housing Segregation of a Predominantly Middle Class Population: Residential Patterns Developed by the Cuban Immigration Into Miami, 1950‐74 pp. 403-418

Morton D. Winsberg

The ‘Impact’ of Equal Employment Legislation on Women's Earnings: Limitations of Legislative Solutions to Discrimination in the Economy pp. 419-430

Charlotte G. Okelly

Future Study, Now an Established Discipline pp. 431-433

Will. Lissner

On Social Aspects of Consumer Behavior Comment pp. 435-435

Michael W. Spicer

Reply pp. 436-438

Betty J. Collier

Volume 38, issue 3, 1979

In Perpetuity: Some Reflections on Literary Views of Land and Other Forms of Property pp. 225-236

Thomas R. De Gregori

Multinational Corporations and Culture in Liberia pp. 237-251

T. H. Bonaparte

Multinational Corporations, Nation‐States and Ocean Resource Management: The Impact of the World's 200‐mile Economic Zone on Multinational and National Development* pp. 253-260

Chennat Gopalakrishnan

The Role of Social Scientific Inquiry in Technology Transfer pp. 261-274

Frank Long

Government Budgets and Public Services: Some Criteria for Determining the Sources and Levels of Public Goods, including Transport Services pp. 275-286

Edward Renshaw and Donald Reeb

Sources on Women in Urban Socity pp. 286-286

Tom Romig

On the Measurement of Discrimination Against Women pp. 287-292

Joe C. Davis and Carl M. Hubbaed

Discrimination Against Women Reconsidered pp. 291-292

Albert W. Niemi

Structural‐Functional Dynamics in the Analysis of Socio‐economic Systems: Development of the Approach to Understanding the Processes of Systemic Change pp. 293-305

Richard Chase

The Unfinished Revolution pp. 308-308

W. L.

The Compatibility of Laissez‐faire With Distributive Justice pp. 309-318

Coldwell Daniel

Ethnicity and Economic Opportunity pp. 319-335

James B. Stewart and Thomas Hyclak

The Atheists' Persecution of Religion pp. 336-336

John Paul

Volume 38, issue 2, 1979

The Single Tax Movement and Progressivism, 1880‐1920* pp. 113-127

Dominic Candeloro

Policy Problems of Scientific Relationships pp. 128-128

Will Lissner

The Economics of Edward Alsworth Ross pp. 129-140

William E. Spellman

Ragnar Frisch: Econometrics and the Political Economy of Planning pp. 141-153

Frank Long

A Guide to Communist Economies pp. 154-154

Tom Romig

General Property Reassessment: Relative Tax Impacts on Land and on Structures pp. 155-161

John Mikesell

The Statistical Abstract's Coming Centennial pp. 161-161

Will Lissner

The Roles of Equilibrium, Optimality, Maximization and Discontent in Decision‐Making Processes pp. 163-172

Oleg Zinam

Models of the Significance of Interlocking Corporate Directorates pp. 173-186

Thomas Koenig, Robisrt Gogel and John Sonquist

Switzerland's Present Price Stability pp. 186-186

Heather David

The Costs of Air Quality Deterioration and Benefits of Air Pollution Control: Estimates of Mortality Costs for Two Pollutants in 40 US. Metropolitan Areas pp. 187-195

Ben‐Chieh Liu

Income and Wage Taxes Burden Workers Abroad pp. 196-196

Joseph L. Naar

Chamberlin's Experimental Markets Revisited: A Computerized Journey pp. 197-206

Andrew Berczi

The Threat of Protectionism pp. 206-206

Anthony Lake

Genuine or Spurious Institutionalism?Veblen and Ayres Seen from a Neo‐Classical Perspective Raises the Question pp. 207-223

Louis Junker

Volume 38, issue 1, 1979

On the Centenary of Progress and Poverty pp. 1-16

Will Lissner

Market Morality: Robert Nozick and the Question of Economic Justice pp. 17-30

Thomas R. De Gregori

The Distribution of Criminal Offenses in an Urban Environment: A Spatial Analysis of Criminal Spillovers and of Juvenile Offenders pp. 31-47

Richard Fabrikant

New Trend: Back to Rural Areas pp. 48-48

Joseph L. Naar

Intra‐Family Equality and Income Distribution: Emerging Conflicts in Public Policy pp. 49-59

Zahid Shariff

The Inequity of Inflation as a Tax pp. 59-60

Joseph L. Naar

Professional Research on Minority Economic Problems and its Effect on Academic Hiring pp. 61-72

Robert C. Vowels

Equal Rights: A Provable Moral Standard pp. 73-81

Steven B. Cord

Forecasting in the Social Sciences pp. 82-82

Will Lissner

The Saint‐Simonians in Industry and Economic Development pp. 83-96

John Eckalbar

Alternative Policies for Preserving Farm and Open Areas: Analysis and Evaluation of Available Options pp. 97-109

Michael Veseth

Aggregate Supply, Remedy for Unemployment, Inflation pp. 110-111

Arthur P. Becker