Institutions in economics : the old and the new institutionalism /

This book examines and compares the two major traditions of institutionalist thinking in economics: the "old" institutionalism of Veblen, Mitchell, Commons, and Ayres and the "new" institutionalism developed more recently from neo-classical and Austrian sources and including the...

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Main Author: Rutherford, Malcolm, 1948-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Series:Historical perspectives on modern economics
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Definitions and issues
  • 2. Formalism and anti-formalism
  • 3. Individualism and holism
  • 4. Rationality and rule following
  • 5. Evolution and design
  • 6. Efficiency and reform
  • 7. Conflicts and complementarities.