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Building Chicago economics

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2011Description: 399p xxvISBN:
  • 9781139004077, 9781139145442
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.150000 HOR
Contents:
Contents: Blueprints R. Van Horn, P. Mirowski and T. Stapleford; Orientation: finding the Chicago School J. Peck; Part I. Economics Built for Policy: The Legacy of Milton Friedman: 1. Positive economics for democratic policy: Milton Friedman, institutionalism, and the science of history T. Stapleford; 2. Markets, politics, and democracy at Chicago: taking economics seriously D. Hammond; Part II. Constructing the Institutional Foundations of the Chicago School: 3. The price is not right: Theodore W. Schultz, policy planning, and agricultural economics in the cold-war United States P. Burnett; 4. Sharpening tools in the workshop: the workshop system and the Chicago School's success R. Emmett; 5. George Stigler, the graduate school of business, and the pillars of the Chicago School E. Nik-Khah; Part III. Imperial Chicago: 6. Chicago price theory and Chicago law and economics: a tale of two transitions S. Medema; 7. Intervening in laissez-faire liberalism: Chicago's shift on patents R. Van Horn and M. Klaes; 8. Allusions to evolution: edifying evolutionary biology rather than economic theory J. Vromen; 9. On the origins (at Chicago) of some species of evolutionary economics P. Mirowski; Part IV. Debating Chicago Neoliberalism: 10. Jacob Viner's critique of Chicago neoliberalism R. Van Horn; 11. The Chicago School, Hayek, and neoliberalism B. Caldwell; 12. The lucky consistency of Milton Friedman's science and politics, 1933-1963 B. Cherrier; 13. Far right of the midway: Chicago neoliberalism and the genesis of the Milton Friedman Institute (2006-2009) E. Nik-Khah.
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Contents:
Blueprints R. Van Horn, P. Mirowski and T. Stapleford; Orientation: finding the Chicago School J. Peck;
Part I. Economics Built for Policy: The Legacy of Milton Friedman:
1. Positive economics for democratic policy: Milton Friedman, institutionalism, and the science of history T. Stapleford;
2. Markets, politics, and democracy at Chicago: taking economics seriously D. Hammond;
Part II. Constructing the Institutional Foundations of the Chicago School:
3. The price is not right: Theodore W. Schultz, policy planning, and agricultural economics in the cold-war United States P. Burnett; 4. Sharpening tools in the workshop: the workshop system and the Chicago School's success R. Emmett;
5. George Stigler, the graduate school of business, and the pillars of the Chicago School E. Nik-Khah; Part III. Imperial Chicago:
6. Chicago price theory and Chicago law and economics: a tale of two transitions S. Medema;
7. Intervening in laissez-faire liberalism: Chicago's shift on patents R. Van Horn and M. Klaes;
8. Allusions to evolution: edifying evolutionary biology rather than economic theory J. Vromen;
9. On the origins (at Chicago) of some species of evolutionary economics P. Mirowski;
Part IV. Debating Chicago Neoliberalism:
10. Jacob Viner's critique of Chicago neoliberalism R. Van Horn;
11. The Chicago School, Hayek, and neoliberalism B. Caldwell;
12. The lucky consistency of Milton Friedman's science and politics, 1933-1963 B. Cherrier;
13. Far right of the midway: Chicago neoliberalism and the genesis of the Milton Friedman Institute (2006-2009) E. Nik-Khah.