Articles

Pedro Garcia Duarte

A Feasible and Objective Concept of Optimal Monetary Policy: The Quadratic Loss Function in the Postwar Period
History of Political Economy 41(1): 1-55 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-036 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Walter A. Friedman

The Harvard Economic Service and the Problems of Forecasting
History of Political Economy 41(1): 57-88 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-037 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Odd Langholm

Martin Luther's Doctrine on Trade and Price in Its Literary Context
History of Political Economy 41(1): 89-107 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-038 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Thomas C. Leonard

American Economic Reform in the Progressive Era: Its Foundational Beliefs and Their Relation to Eugenics
History of Political Economy 41(1): 109-141 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-040 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Alberto Baccini

F. Y. Edgeworth's Treatise on Probabilities
History of Political Economy 41(1): 143-162 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-039 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Clément Levallois

One Analogy Can Hide Another: Physics and Biology in Alchian's "Economic Natural Selection"
History of Political Economy 41(1): 163-181 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-041 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Terenzio Maccabelli

Measuring Inequality: Pareto's Ambiguous Contribution
History of Political Economy 41(1): 183-208 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-042 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Book Reviews

John Davis

The Cambridge Companion to Keynes
The Cambridge Companion to Keynes. Edited by Roger E. Backhouse and Bradley W. Bateman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. xiv; 327 pp. $70.00 (hardback), $28.99 (paperback).
History of Political Economy 41(1): 209-211 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-043 [PDF] [References]  

Erkki Kilpinene

Thorstein Veblen and the Enrichment of Evolutionary Naturalism
Thorstein Veblen and the Enrichment of Evolutionary Naturalism. By Rick Tilman. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2007. 368 pp. $49.95.
History of Political Economy 41(1): 211-213 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-044 [PDF] [References]  

Vincent J. Tarascio

Considerations on the Fundamental Principles of Pure Political Economy, by Vilfredo Pareto
Considerations on the Fundamental Principles of Pure Political Economy, by Vilfredo Pareto. Edited by Roberto Marchionatti and Fiorenzo Mornati. London: Routledge, 2007. 161 pp. $150.00.
History of Political Economy 41(1): 213-214 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-045 [PDF]  

Vincent J. Tarascio

The Pareto School and Italian Fiscal Sociology
The Pareto School and Italian Fiscal Sociology. By Michael McLure. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 363 pp. $95.00.
History of Political Economy 41(1): 214-215 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-046 [PDF]  

A. M. C. Waterman

Family Fictions and Family Facts: Harriet Martineau, Adolphe Quetelet, and the Population Question in England, 1798–1859
Family Fictions and Family Facts: Harriet Martineau, Adolphe Quetelet, and the Population Question in England, 1798–1859. By Brian P. Cooper. Abingdon, U.K.: Routledge. xiv; 294 pp. $60.00.
History of Political Economy 41(1): 215-217 (2009); DOI:10.1215/00182702-2008-047 [PDF] [References]  

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