238 Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. XXXVI (March 1998) action cost-politics approach
deepens our understanding of the forces that produce the observed outcomes. However …

This intellectually bold but accessible book seeks to go beyond limitations of the reigning
neoclassical and institutional paradigms in explaining the organization of economic activity …

This is an important and excellent book that will be of great interest to institutional
economists. In a real world integrated by historically unprecedented ties of trade and …

Based on a dialectical analysis of purposeful activity, a decentralized economy is presented
as a complex nonlinear living system of economic actions. In such an economy, the general …

This chapter represents further development of the ideas presented in 'Productive
Systems,'published in 1983, in the Cambridge Journal of Economics memorial issue to Joan …

Clarence Ayres's The Theory of Economic Progress [1944], both of which appeared in 1944.
1 In this extraordinary, double-demicentennial anniversary year, it gives me special pride to …

Among economists the recognition of the importance of social and eco 1 nomic institutions
has grown during the last ten years. Even be fore the more recent period, however, this trend …

In my long life I have known some great economists, but I have never counted myself among
their number nor walked in their company. I have made no innovations in high theory. My …

As Mr. Robbins' article, in your last issue, does not merely contain a judgment as to the
quality of my book, but offers criticism on matters of opinion expressed, it is, perhaps, not …

The purpose of this paper is to consider alternative clustering criteria, based upon different
analyses of commodity flows within the economic system. These may be used in order to …