Come back Marshall, all is forgiven? : Complexity, evolution, mathematics and Marshallian exceptionalism [PDF]
, 2013 Marshall was the great synthesiser of neoclassical economics. Yet with his qualified assumption of self-interest, his emphasis on variation in economic evolution and his cautious attitude to the use of mathematics, Marshall differs fundamentally from ...
Bannister R.C +63 more
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The show must go on: making money glamorizing oppression [PDF]
, 2005 This article presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the glamorization of the courtesan image as proposed by Baz Luhrmann’s film Moulin Rouge. The film sparked the appearance of high-street fashion inspired by the image of
Buck-Morss, Susan +12 more
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Did Lobachevsky Have A Model Of His "imaginary Geometry"? [PDF]
, 2010 The invention of non-Euclidean geometries is often seen through the optics of Hilbertian formal axiomatic method developed later in the 19th century. However such an anachronistic approach fails to provide a sound reading of Lobachevsky's geometrical ...
Rodin, Andrei
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(WP 2016-05) Hodgson, Cumulative Causation, and Reflexive Economic Agents [PDF]
, 2016 This paper examines Geoff Hodgson’s interpretation of Veblen in agency-structure terms, and argues it produces a conception of reflexive economic agents. It then sets out an account of cumulative causation processes using this reflexive agent conception,
Davis, John B.
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Inequality, Social Respectability, Political Power and Environmental Devastation [PDF]
Although healthy societies may require a degree of material inequality, higher levels of inequality have been linked to negative social consequences ranging from poorer health to lessened democracy.
Jon D. Wisman
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The Poverty of Growth with Interdependent Utility Functions [PDF]
, 2005 We argue that with interdependent utility functions growth can lead to a decline in total welfare of a society if the gains from growth are sufficiently unequally distributed in the presence of negative externalities, i.e ...
Komlos, John, Salamon, Peter
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Post-Keynesian Theory of Business Enterprise and the Veblenian´s Approach: Are there commonalities? [PDF]
The main objective of this paper is to explore the possible common grounds, divergences and complementarities between the Veblenian’s approach on the Theory of Business Enterprise followed by Institutional economists, and the modern Post Keynesian Micro ...
Parada, Jairo
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Realism and the point at infinity: The end of the line? [PDF]
Synthese, 2023 Parkinson-Coombs O, Núñez R.
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The Making of a Good Society: Economic Freedom, Instrumentalism, and Government Control [PDF]
The article discusses the incompatibility of promoting individual interests of capitalists and workers with the promotion of macroeconomic goals of society.
Murray, Michael/ M J
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Emulation, Inequality, and Work Hours: Was Thorsten Veblen Right [PDF]
We investigate the importance of Veblen effects on work hours, namely the manner in which a desire to emulate the consumption standards of the rich influences individuals’ allocation of time between labor and leisure.
Samuel Bowles, Yongjin Park
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