This major original reference work includes over one hundred specially commissioned articles on the lives and writings of women who made significant contributions to economics. It sheds new light on the rich, but too often neglected, heritage of women's analysis of economic issues and...

The collection includes both refereed articles and review essays. The articles highlight research on the role of western economic advisors in China before the Communist Revolution (Paul Trescott), John Ryan on minimum wage legislation, a symposium on Clement Juglar, and a comparison of recent...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Friedman’s life and autobiography -- Chapter 2: Part I Introduction -- Chapter 3: Friedman’s life and autobiography -- Chapter 4: Three controversies -- Chapter 5: Friedman in Britain in the 1970s and 1980s -- Chapter 6: Part I Conclusion -- Part II: Milton...

In diesem Buch werden die persönlichen Begegnungen von Friedrich List (1789-1846) mit bedeutenden historischen Zeitzeugen nachgezeichnet, die für das Verständnis seiner Lebens- und Wirkungsgeschichte bedeutsam waren. Obwohl List kein politisches Mandat besaß, ist es bemerkenswert, zu wem von...