After a long hiatus, psychology and economics today are back in conversation with each other: active research programs in behavioral economics, neuro-economics, and the economics of happiness bespeak a thriving cross-disciplinary discussion. Yet for most of the twentieth century, economists...

Review essay on Rutherford, M. (2011), The Institutionalist Movement in American Economics, 1918–1947: Science and Social Control, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 410 pp. ISBN: 9781107006997. $95.00.

Like language, the law is an instrument – a tool – for the accomplishment of certain purposes. The idealized understanding insisted that the law is, if not divinely inspired, the empirical manifestation of received wisdom and truth. On this view the law is crafted to produce ideal outcomes....

The section in the main paper entitled, “What is the Idea of the Worldview of Epistemic Oneness versus the Contrasting Socio-Scientific Paradigm?” elaborate on the nature of the worldview. A comparative study of the theme is included.

Choudhury claims to have developed a distinct methodology based on specific Islamic principles. This methodology, if adopted, will transform the worldview of socioeconomic inquiry, alter the assumptions of economic theory, and transform policy recommendations and implications. The Islamic...

Dynamics, trade and money in the correspondence between Roy Harrod and Dennis Robertson / Daniele Besomi -- Catalysing growth? : Mendeleev and the 1891 tariff / Vincent Barnett -- Veblen in Chicago : the winds of creativity / Geoffrey M. Hodgson -- John Maurice Clark and the multiplier : a note...