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Volume 68, issue 5, 2009

The Market, the Firm, and the Economics Profession pp. 1041-1061

Daniel Sutter

Smith and Living Wages: Arguments in Support of a Mandated Living Wage pp. 1063-1084

Betsy Jane Clary

Paradigms and Novelty in Economics: The History of Economic Thought as a Source of Enlightenment pp. 1085-1106

Wilfred Dolfsma and Patrick J. Welch

Too Much Competition in Higher Education? Some Conceptual Remarks on the Excessive‐Signaling Hypothesis pp. 1107-1133

Karsten Mause

Corruption's Effect on Business Venturing Within the United States pp. 1135-1152

David Mitchell and Noel D. Campbell

Henry George Under the Microscope: Comments on “Henry George's Political Critics” pp. 1153-1167

Richard Giles

Volume 68, issue 4, 2009

Editor's Introduction pp. 829-854

Clifford W. Cobb

1. The Role of Land Markets in Economic Crises pp. 855-888

Mason Gaffney

2. A New Framework for Macroeconomics pp. 889-982

Mason Gaffney

3. Money, Credit, and Crisis pp. 983-1038

Mason Gaffney

Volume 68, issue 3, 2009

Private Property and the Law of Nature in Locke's Two Treatises: The Best Advantage of Life and Convenience pp. 639-663

B. Jeffrey Reno

Business Success Through Social Networks? A Comment on Social Networks and Business Success pp. 665-677

Henrik Egbert

Market Uncertainty and Socially Embedded Reputation pp. 679-701

Harris H. Kim

With Friends Like These: Endogenous Labor Market Segregation with Homogeneous, Nonprejudiced Agents pp. 703-746

Tavis Barr

Economic Crime as Hiding Behavior pp. 747-773

Oskar Engdahl

The Western Expansion as a Common Pool Problem: The Contrasting Histories of the Brazilian and North American Pioneers pp. 775-789

Fernando Zanella and Christopher Westley

Reconsideration of Economic Views of a Classical Empire and a Nation‐State During the Mercantilist Ages pp. 791-828

Mehmet Bulut

Volume 68, issue 2, 2009

An Introduction to Destructive Coordination pp. 353-386

Mehrdad Vahabi

The Career Consequences of a Mistaken Research Project: The Case of Polywater pp. 387-411

Arthur Diamond

Determinants of Intercountry Internet Diffusion Rates pp. 413-426

Phanindra Wunnava and Daniel B. Leiter

Stereotypes, Asian Americans, and Wages: An Empirical Strategy Applied to Computer Use at Work pp. 427-443

Sanae Tashiro and Cecilia A. Conrad

Do Higher Real Minimum Wages Lead to More High School Dropouts? Evidence from Maryland Across Races, 1993–2004 pp. 445-464

Stephanie O. Crofton, William L. Anderson and Emily C. Rawe

Home Ownership and School Outcomes of Children: Evidence from the PSID Child Development Supplement pp. 465-489

Lisa L. Mohanty and Lakshmi Raut

Art Museum Attendance, Public Funding, and the Business Cycle pp. 491-516

Sarah J. Skinner, Robert Ekelund and John Jackson

The Impact of American Politics on Perceptions of Women's Golfing Abilities pp. 517-539

Michelle M. Arthur, Harry J. Van Buren and Robert G. Del Campo

Migration and the Tiebout‐Tullock Hypothesis Revisited pp. 541-551

Richard Cebula

College Football and Student Quality: An Advertising Effect or Culture and Tradition? pp. 553-579

D. Randall Smith

Seasonal Homes and the Local Property Tax: Evidence from New York State pp. 581-602

Lester Hadsell and Chad Colarusso

Investigating Smoker's Profile: The Role of Psychosocial Characteristics and the Effectiveness of Tobacco Policy Tools pp. 603-638

Elena Raptou, Konstadinos Mattas and Constantinos Katrakilidis

Volume 68, issue 1, 2009

Preface and Acknowledgments pp. 1-7

Edward Demenchonok

Philosophy After Hiroshima: From Power Politics to the Ethics of Nonviolence and Co‐Responsibility pp. 9-49

Edward Demenchonok

1. Globalization and Violence: The Challenge to Ethics pp. 51-76

Edward Demenchonok and Richard Peterson

2. The Democratic Peace Myth: From Hiroshima to Baghdad pp. 77-99

Andrew Fiala

3. The Holocaust Sublime: Singularity, Representation, and the Violence of Everyday Life pp. 101-126

John Sanbonmatsu

4. Can Historical Responsibility Strengthen Contemporary Political Culture? pp. 127-151

Jenny Tillmanns

5. The Project of Reconciliation and the Road to Redemption: Hegel's Social Philosophy and Nietzsche's Critique pp. 153-180

Steven V. Hicks

6. No More Hiroshimas and Sharp Weapons pp. 181-203

Keping Wang

7. Relevant Hellenic Factors Favoring Effective Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence pp. 205-229

Leonidas Bargeliotes

8. The Grounding of Forgiveness: Martha Nussbaum on Compassion and Mercy pp. 231-252

Paul Gallagher

9. Human Rights: Historical Learning in the Shadow of Violence pp. 253-272

Richard T. Peterson

10. The Universal Concept of Human Rights as a Regulative Principle: Freedom Versus Paternalism pp. 273-301

Edward Demenchonok

11. Toward Lasting Peace: Kant on Law, Public Reason, and Culture pp. 303-326

Marc Lucht

12. Transculture: A Broad Way Between Globalism and Multiculturalism pp. 327-351

Mikhail Epstein

Volume 67, issue 5, 2008

Do Off‐Label Drug Practices Argue Against FDA Efficacy Requirements? A Critical Analysis of Physicians' Argumentation for Initial Efficacy Requirements pp. 743-775

Daniel Klein and Alexander Tabarrok

Intergenerational Earnings Mobility Among Daughters and Sons: Evidence from Sweden and a Comparison with the United States pp. 777-826

Lalaina H. Hirvonen

Solving the “Lachmann Problem”: Orientation, Individualism, and the Causal Explanation of Socioeconomic Order pp. 827-857

Paul Lewis

Globalization and Economic Development: Impact of Social Capital and Institutional Building pp. 859-888

Ming Yu Cheng and Ron Mittelhammer

Business Groups in 20th‐Century Swedish Political Economy: A Sociological Perspective pp. 889-913

Mattias Smångs

Entrepreneurial Culture and Economic Growth: Revisiting McClelland's Thesis pp. 915-939

Sjoerd Beugelsdijk and Roger Smeets

Measuring the Returns to Networking and the Accumulation of Social Capital: Any Evidence of Bonding, Bridging, or Linking? pp. 941-968

Peter Urwin, Giorgio Di Pietro, Patrick Sturgis and Gregor Jack

History and Significance of the Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA‐II): A Symposium pp. 969-971

Wilfred Dolfsma

History of the Meetings of the Allied Social Science Associations Since World War II pp. 973-983

John Siegfried

The Evolution of the Allied Social Science Associations pp. 985-1005

Betsy Jane Clary

A Brief History of the American Economic Association pp. 1007-1023

Michael Bernstein

The Legalization of Drugs – By Douglas Husak and Peter de Marneffe pp. 1025-1030

John Levendis

Understanding Capitalism: Critical Analysis from Karl Marx to Amartya Sen – Edited by Douglas Dowd pp. 1030-1038

Adli Abouzeedan

Volume 67, issue 4, 2008

My Family Memories of Marjorie Grice‐Hutchinson in Malaga, Southern Spain pp. 535-545

Leonardo Cervera Navas

The Complex Course of Ideological Change pp. 547-565

Robert Higgs

Early Liberal Socialism in Latin America: Juan B. Justo and the Argentine Socialist Party pp. 567-603

Carlos Rodriguez Braun

On the Economics of Moral Preferences pp. 605-628

Viktor J. Vanberg

Does Direct Democracy Increase Voter Turnout? Evidence from the 2004 General Election pp. 629-644

Richard Cebula

Can Good Apples Be Mixed with Bad Economics? A Mengerian Critique of the Alchian and Allen Theorem pp. 645-660

William L. Anderson and Scott Kjar

Labor Market Policies as Instruments of Industry Policy: What Can Europe Learn from Southeast Asia? pp. 661-681

Anis Chowdhury

Labor Market Duality and Leisure Industries in Spain: Quality of Life Versus Standard of Living pp. 683-717

Juan Paramio-Salcines and José Zofío

Brain Drain: A Management or a Property Problem? pp. 719-737

Bogdan Glăvan

Volume 67, issue 3, 2008

Observations on The “Vanity of the Philosopher” pp. 401-413

Charles McCann

The “Vanity of the Philosopher”: Analytical Egalitarianism, Associationist Psychology, and Eugenic Remaking? pp. 415-428

Andrew Farrant

In the Shadows of Vanity: Religion and the Debate Over Hierarchy pp. 429-443

J. Daniel Hammond

The Vanity of the Economist: A Comment on Peart and Levy's The “Vanity of the Philosopher” pp. 445-453

Kevin Hoover

Classical Equality: On the Content of Analytical Egalitarianism pp. 455-471

Joseph Persky

Thinking About Analytical Egalitarianism pp. 473-479

David Levy and Sandra J. Peart

Social Anthropology in Economic Literature at the End of the 19th Century: Eugenic and Racial Explanations of Inequality pp. 481-527

Terenzio Maccabelli

Volume 67, issue 2, 2008

Are Reports of Discrimination Valid? Considering the Moral Hazard Effect pp. 149-175

Major Coleman, William Darity and Rhonda V. Sharpe

Evidence That the Presence of a Half‐Sibling Negatively Impacts a Child's Personal Development pp. 177-206

Claudia Wood Strow and Brian Kent Strow

Financial Transfers from Living Parents to Adult Children: Who Is Helped and Why? pp. 207-239

Brent Berry

Homo Economicus Meets G. H. Mead: A Contribution to the Critique of Economic Theory pp. 241-263

David Wilson and William Dixon

Learning to be Sociable: The Evolution of Homo Economicus pp. 265-286

Irene C. L. Ng and Lu‐Ming Tseng

From Self‐Interest Motives to Justice Motives: The Challenges of Some Experimental Results pp. 287-313

Helena Lopes

An Evaluation of Keynes's Projected Possibilities pp. 315-329

C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell

Institutional Stickiness and the New Development Economics pp. 331-358

Peter Boettke, Christopher Coyne and Peter Leeson

Evaluating the Penetration of Capitalism in Postsocialist Moscow pp. 359-379

Colin Williams and John Round

Supercapitalism – By Robert Reich pp. 381-389

D.W. MacKenzie

Making Chicago Price Theory: Friedman–Stigler Correspondence 1945–1957 – J. Daniel Hammond, and Claire H. Hammond pp. 389-393

Beatrice Cherrier

Volume 67, issue 1, 2008

Henry George's Political Critics pp. 1-45

Michael Hudson

Henry George, Emile de Laveleye, and the Issue of Peasant Proprietorship pp. 47-60

Jerome F. Heavey

Frank H. Knight's Criticism of Henry George pp. 61-66

Ross Emmett

Apprehending the Social Philosophy of Henry George pp. 67-88

Charles McCann

The Marginalists Who Confronted Land pp. 89-117

Fred Foldvary

Keeping Land in Capital Theory: Ricardo, Faustmann, Wicksell, and George pp. 119-141

Mason Gaffney

Comment pp. 143-147

Mark Perlman