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Volume 61, issue 2, 2016

The Michael Szenberg Prize for the Best Article Published by The American Economist pp. 139-139

Paul Grimes

An Introduction to Post Keynesian Economics pp. 140-156

John Harvey

The Greatest Externality Story (N)ever Told pp. 157-177

James McClure and Tyler Watts

Teaching and Learning Alternatives to a Comparative Advantage Motivation for Trade pp. 178-190

James Self and William Becker

College Textbook Publishing pp. 191-203

Bob Carbaugh

The 10 Greatest Films for Teaching Economics pp. 204-216

G. Dirk Mateer, Brian O’Roark and Kim Holder

Laissez-Colbert pp. 217-228

Gregory Randolph

Emerging Growth Economies in Sub-Saharan Africa pp. 229-244

Kiertisak Toh

How Do Government Employees Influence Election Outcomes pp. 245-262

Brian Dwight Baugus and George Diemer

Examining Two of Keynes’s Most Popular Statements—Wasteful Public Spending Can Be Acceptable, and, In The Long Run We Are All Dead—Yields Some Surprising Implications pp. 263-267

William Beranek and David R. Kamerschen

Book Review: How the other half banks: Exclusion, exploitation, and the threat to democracy, by Baradaran, M pp. 268-269

Stephen K. Lacewell

Book Review: Success and luck: Good fortune and the myth of meritocracy pp. 270-272

Mark Wilson

Book Review: How economics shapes science pp. 272-273

Ishuan Li

Volume 61, issue 1, 2016

Editor’s Note pp. 3-3

Paul Grimes

Looking Back pp. 4-20

Paul Grimes

Reflections On Economic Development pp. 21-29

Evsey D. Domar

Monetary Trends in the United States and the United Kingdom pp. 30-43

Milton Friedman

Smith vs. Marx on Business Morality and the Social Interest pp. 44-51

William Baumol

Resources and Economic Growth pp. 52-60

Robert Solow

My Life Philosophy pp. 61-68

Paul Samuelson

The Walters-Lawson Affair and the Two Worlds of Communication pp. 69-71

Michael Szenberg

Institutions and Economic Theory pp. 72-76

Douglass North

What Do Economists Know? pp. 77-80

Thomas Schelling

How to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time pp. 81-90

Hal R. Varian

The Comparative Study of Public Economies pp. 91-107

Elinor Ostrom

Paul Samuelson on His 90th Birthday pp. 108-109

John Kenneth Galbraith

Edifying Editing pp. 110-118

Randolph McAfee

Omicron Delta Epsilon Chapter Roll pp. 119-134

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The Irving Fisher Article Award for Economics Graduate Students pp. 135-135

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The Frank W. Taussig Article Award for Economics Undergraduates pp. 136-136

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Volume 60, issue 2, 2015

The Michael Szenberg Prize for the Best Article Published by the American Economist pp. 97-97

Paul Grimes and Bryan McCannon

The Distributional Efficacy of Collaborative Learning on Student Outcomes pp. 98-119

Kim Huynh, David T. Jacho-Chávez and James Self

Online Homework Management Systems: Should we Allow Multiple Attempts? pp. 120-131

M. Taylor Rhodes and Jeffrey K. Sarbaum

Did Economic Literacy Influence Macroeconomic Policy Preferences of the General Public during the Financial Crisis? pp. 132-141

Brent Evans

Why Growth Rates? Which Growth Rate? Specification and Measurement Issues in Estimating Elasticity Values pp. 142-161

Stephen D. Casler

Criteria for Ranking of Nation-States through Regional Knowledge Evaluation pp. 162-175

Y. H. Fan

Assessing the Effect of Quantitative Easing on Foreign Direct Investment in Brazil pp. 176-182

Sahar Bahmani and Jeremy Toms

George Orwell as a Public Choice Economist pp. 183-208

Michael Makovi

Prices and Availability of Healthy Foods across St. Louis pp. 209-224

Madeleine I. G. Daepp

So Easy a Caveman Can Beat the Football Betting Market pp. 225-228

Ladd Kochman, Randy Goodwin and David Bray

Book Review: Secrets of Economics Editors pp. 229-230

Paul Grimes

Book Review: Marriage Markets pp. 231-232

Julie Glass

Book Review: Big Ideas in Macroeconomics: A Nontechnical View pp. 233-234

Natalia Smirnova

Join Samuelson, Friedman, Modigliani, Krugman, Stiglitz, Smith, and 17 other Nobel Laureates …. Publish in The American Economist pp. 235-235

Paul Grimes

Economics Undergraduates the Frank W. Taussig Article Award pp. 236-236

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Economics Graduate Student the Irving Fisher Article Award pp. 237-237

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Celebrating More Than 50 Years of Service Honoring Academic Achievement in Economics … pp. 238-238

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Volume 60, issue 1, 2015

Distribution Channels of the American Book Industry: A Play of Digital Technology pp. 1-8

Michael Szenberg and Lall Ramrattan

The Rhetoric of Opportunity Cost pp. 9-19

William Polley

Clarifying (Opportunity) Costs pp. 20-25

Daniel Stone

The Effects of State Pharmacy Drug Product Selection Laws on Statin Patient Generic-To-Branded Drug Switch-Backs pp. 26-51

George A. Chressanthis, Nayla G. Dahan and Kevin J. Fandl

The Consequences of Overstating Fuel Economy pp. 52-62

Corey Beck and David Schap

The Shape of The Oprah Supply Curve pp. 63-73

Kevin Capehart

A Note on Teaching About Fair Trade pp. 74-78

John R. Brock and Jane S. Lopus

Book Review: The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State pp. 79-82

Kiertisak Toh

Book Review: The Butterfly Defect: How Globalization Creates Systemic Risks, and What to Do About It pp. 83-85

Jay Van Wyk

Book Review: Investing in the Modern Age pp. 86-87

Helen Roberts

Book Review: The Economics of Social Capital and Health pp. 88-89

Lynn Paringer

Economics Undergraduates The Frank W. Taussig Article Award pp. 91-91

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Economics Graduate Student The Irving Fisher Article Award pp. 92-92

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