Thorstein Veblen: Critical Assessments, Volume 1

John Cunningham Wood

Psychology Press, 1993 - Reference - 2048 pages

Thorstein Veblen's influence on economics has been all-pervasive. The three volumes of the Critical Assessments present a detailed overview of the analytical writings on Veblen from contemporary sources (1857-1929) through to the present day. The volumes provide scholars and students everywhere with ready access to key articles which are otherwise widely scattered in learned journals and often difficult or impossible to obtain.
The three volumes are arranged thematically, under the following headings:
1. The Life of Thorstein Veblen and Perspectives on his Thought
2. Veblen's Political Economy
3. Specialized Topics.
The set provides:
*138 articles, chronologically arranged - to give students of the history of ideas and contemporary economics immediate access to the intellectual processes of this influential economist.
*The selection of seminal articles - including articles most useful to historians of economic thought, as well as to contemporary economists and policy makers. Plus the articles which, looked at together, give a comprehensive account of Thorstein Veblen's thought in economics.
*A vast range of published articles - by noted scholars, these reflect the wide variety of topics which Veblen considered during his career and reveal the enormous diversity of Veblen's contributon.
*An invaluable reference tool - an essential addition to all libraries of economics and economic thought.

Contents

• 18571929 Obituary W C Mitchell: 1
• Veblen not an Institutional Economist D R Scott: 9
• Veblen as Social PhilosopherA Reappraisal: 27
• The Political Ideas of Thorstein Veblen H J Hodder: 66
• Thorstein Veblen Reconsidered A K Davis: 79
• The Philosophy of Veblens Economics R H Landsman: 106
• Darwinism in Thorstein Veblens Economics: 117
• The Evolutionary Economics of Thorstein Veblen: 127
• Thorstein Veblen on Human Nature T C Mayberry: 151
• Veblens Ideal Political Economy and its Critics: 160
• Incrementalist and Utopian R Tilman: 171
• Thorstein Veblen as an Economic Theorist K J Arrow: 185
• The Hagerty: 209
• New Light on Veblens Work and Influence D A Walker: 219
• A Bibliography of Thorstein Veblen H A Innis: 233
• The Sociological Imagination of Thorstein Veblen: 245
• Thorstein Veblen Heterodox Economist in Retrospect: 252
• The Utopian Vision of Edward Bellamy and Thorstein: 321
• The Influence: 339
• The Theory of Human Nature H E Jensen: 380
• An Exploration of the Structural Characteristics of: 409
• Thorstein Veblen as the First Professor of Marketing: 461

About the author

John Cunningham Wood is Executive Director of the Western Australia Department of State Development.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Thorstein Veblen: Critical Assessments, Volume 1; Critical assessments of leading economists; Critical assessments; Thorstein Veblen: Critical Assessments, John Cunningham Wood
• Editor: John Cunningham Wood
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Psychology Press, 1993
• ISBN: 0415074878, 9780415074872
• Length: 2048 pages
• Subjects: Reference / General