The economist as preacher, and other essays / George J. Stigler.

Author/creator Stigler, George J.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1982.
Descriptionvii, 259 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The economist as preacher -- The ethics of competition : the friendly economists -- The ethics of competition : the unfriendly critics -- The economists and the problem of monopoly -- Do economists matter? -- Textual exegesis as a scientific problem -- The adoption of the marginal utility theory -- The scientific uses of scientific biography, with special reference to J.S. Mill -- Merton on multiples, denied and affirmed -- Does economics have a useful past? -- The economist and the state -- Smith's travels on the ship of state -- The successes and failures of professor Smith -- Mill on economics and society -- Henry Calvert Simons -- The pattern of citation practices in economics / with Claire Friedland -- The citation practices of doctorates in economics / with Claire Friedland -- The literature of economics : the case of the kinked oligopoly demand curve.
Local noteLittle-322207--305131024228V
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteBibliography: p. 245-254.
LCCN 82004807
ISBN0226774309 :

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HB71 .S83 1982 ✔ Available Place Hold