mere title for Chapter 29: The New Institutional Economics is Not It: Against North and Co. : social science without ethics. Further application.
And capitalism made people free, for one thing by spreading ownership, as Jefferson and others argued (but this is the lesser reason, for it also corrupts, as in Jefferson’s ownership of slaves, for example, or as in the selfishness of manufacturers for their own interests, as Smith noted). The greater reason is the substitution of (more…)
The Outcome c. 1840 Despite the continuing strength of other forces, such as the aristocracy in England and the bureaucracy in France and the army in Germany. This allowed economic growth to continue. The natural corruptions this time usually worked in growth-favoring directions. {But the ethical link was severed: next volume; but do not anticipate (more…)
No. CX, Prudentia she-philosopher.com: a Web-based research project for science & technology studies (name to be supplied!) http://www.she-philosopher.com/gallery/atheniansociety.html Pp. 224-5 from Charles Hoole’s English translation of Comenius’ Orbis Sensualium Pictus , published in 1659 The English-language gloss reads: Prudence , 1. looketh upon all things as a Serpent , 2. and doeth, speaketh, or thinketh (more…)
Bourgeois Dignity: Why Economics Can’t Explain the Industrial Revolution (330 pp.) Introduction and Table of Contents only (20 pp.) Note to readers: The February 2009 version is a 100,000-word manuscript, with lots of rough edges. You have some of the front matter and the Introduction, which will give you an idea. The full manuscript is (more…)
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