A realist perspective on contemporary "economic theory."

Journal of Economic Issues;  March 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......transformation is hardly Critics of traditional economic theory have always denied the closed character...proponents refer to as pure theory, economic theory, or just plain theory appears currently...for, but actually empowering of, an economic theory contribution to science and ...

Value and exchange.(shift away from Hicks-Samuelson Economic theory)

The Cato Journal;  September 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......The research program that has guided economic theory for some six decades is at an impasse...suggests a very different type of economic theory offering a different explanation of...likely consequences. The Impasse in Economic Theory To understand the current difficulties...

John Donne and Elizabethan economic theory.

Criticism;  September 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ......his understanding of contemporary economic theory and use it as a body of metaphor in...fact no such thing as Elizabethan economic theory; even the so-called Gresham's Law...creation of a nineteenth-century Scot. Economic theory in English is usually held to begin...

Economic theory, institutions, and economic policy.

Atlantic Economic Journal;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......framework represents an integral part of economic theory if the latter is to be conceived of...economic systems. Conceived in this way, economic theory emerges as basically evolutionary...example of the relationship among economic theory, institutions, and economic policy...

Not Just for the Money: An Economic Theory of Personal Motivation

Personnel Psychology;  October 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Bruno Frey. Not Just for the Money: An Economic Theory of Personal Motivation. Cheltenham...interests as including the application of economic theory to non-economic issues, a concern...assertion is not true. Neoclassical economic theory is built on the notion of utility...

Economic View: When proven economic theory falls flat on its face

The Independent - London;  July 11, 1996 ;     700+ words ......when they are out shopping invalidate economic theory? It is a serious question. The foundation...behave as they are supposed to in economic theory. Some recent experiments directed...sell their vouchers for. According to economic theory, the prices subjects were willing...

Fed: Parliament left guessing on economic theory

AAP General News (Australia);  February 18, 2008 ;     526 words ......Australia) 02-18-2008 Fed: Parliament left guessing on economic theory By Colin Brinsden, Economics Correspondent CANBERRA, Feb...s question time. If unemployment falls below NAIRU then economic theory says that the inflation rate is likely to accelerate. Data...

The engine of capitalist process: entrepreneurs in economic theory.

Economic & Financial Review;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......the direction of economic activity. According to modern economic theory, an entrepreneur is an individual who takes on certain tasks...historians of economic thought date the genesis of modern economic theory to the early eighteenth century in France, where a group...

Garbled economic theory.(LETTERS)

The Washington Times;  April 9, 2008 ;     226 words ......principle of comparative advantage, but he incorrectly suggests that it is the lone pillar supporting the case for free trade ( Economic theory ignores reality, Letters, Monday). Adam Smith didn't know about comparative advantage when he wrote The Wealth of Nations...

Late Christmas shopping, economic theory

The Journal Record;  December 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ......take pride in being finished by Thanksgiving. Why wait? One economic theory about holiday shopping contends that the longer consumers...not going to be of any use for six months. The shop-late economic theory suggests that, instead of buying the gift during the summer...

E-conomic publishing.(plans to introduce "Quality-Rated Journals of...

The Economist (US);  August 5, 2000 ;     514 words ......advent of a new set of electronic journals for economics. This autumn, the first issues of Quality-Rated (QR) Journals of Economic Theory and Macroeconomics will hit e-newsstands. They promise to make conventional journals obsolete, bringing cutting-edge research...

AN ECONOMIC THEORY OF POLITICAL JOURNALISM

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......between journalists' incentives and the political climate. An economic theory is advanced here that the political journalists' objectives...only the media, but our politics. This paper advances an economic theory of media coverage of politics based on understanding the...

The economics of sex. (economic theory and sexual behavior, Richard A....

U.S. News & World Report;  May 4, 1992 ;     700+ words ......the emotional and moralistic reactions to sexual behavior, economic theory can help us to think clearheadedly about some very acute...economics as a way of thinking about social issues. How does economic theory account for the shifts that have occurred in sexual morality...

Capital gains in economic theory and national accounting

Banca Nazionale del Lavoro Quarterly Review;  December 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Capital Gains in Economic Theory and National Accounting 1. Strange omissions It is one of...capital gains. The national accounts do not know them at all and economic theory has very little if anything to say about them. The reason...

An Introduction to the Economic Theory of Market Behavior: Microeconomics...

Journal of Economic Issues;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...An Introduction to the Economic Theory of Market Behavior: Microeconomics from a Walrasian Perspective, by Donald Katzner. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar. 2006. Hardcover...