[Selections by Humberto Barreto for SHOE list.]
nep-hpe <https://nep.repec.org/nep-hpe.html> New Economics Papers
<https://nep.repec.org/> on History and Philosophy of Economics
Issue of 2024‒03‒18
papers chosen by
Erik Thomson <http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pth72.htm>,
University of Manitoba <http://umanitoba.ca/>
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1. Review of “A History of Brazilian Economic Thought: From Colonial
Times Through The Early 21st Century” edited by Ricardo Bielschowsky, Mauro
Boianovsky and Mauricio Chalfin Coutinho
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p1> By Cavalieri,
Marco
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Cavalieri,%20Marco>
2. The origins of yield curve theory: Irving Fisher and John Maynard
Keynes <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p2>
By BRILLANT,
Lucy <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=BRILLANT,%20Lucy>
3. Institutionalist Clues in Celso Furtado’s Economic Thought
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p3> By Nastasi,
Federico
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Nastasi,%20Federico>;
Spagano,
Salvatore
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Spagano,%20Salvatore>
4. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF EXCHANGE RATE ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO: 1892-1992
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p4> By Edwards,
Sebastián
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Edwards,%20Sebasti%C3%A1n>
5. Review of “Friedrich List: A Pioneer in Catchup Development” by Mei
Junjie <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p5>
By Jiang,
George Hong
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Jiang,%20George%20Hong>
6. Axiomatic Marxian Exploitation Theory: a Survey of the Recent
Literature <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p6>
By Rylan Chinnock
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Rylan%20Chinnock>;
Roberto
Veneziani
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Roberto%20Veneziani>;
Naoki
Yoshihara
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Naoki%20Yoshihara>
7. Activists and Victorians: The Langham Place Group and the advocacy of
women's labor
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p7> By Raisssa
Vieira de Melo
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Raisssa%20Vieira%20de%20Melo>
; Laura Valladao de Mattos
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Laura%20Valladao%20de%20Mattos>
8. The Political Economy of Minimum Wage Setting: The Factories and
Shops Act of Victoria (Australia), 1896-1913
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p8> By Seltzer,
Andrew
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Seltzer,%20Andrew>
9. William Lane Craig, a Classic Apologist
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p9> By Sergiu
Ghica <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Sergiu%20Ghica>
10. Women in economics: the role of gendered references at entry in the
profession <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p10>
By Audinga Baltrunaite
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Audinga%20Baltrunaite>
; Alessandra Casarico
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Alessandra%20Casarico>
; Lucia Rizzica
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Lucia%20Rizzica>
11. The dependence of growth on the profitability of capital in the
Kaleckian literature: a critical evaluation
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p11> By Trezzini,
Attilio
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Trezzini,%20Attilio>;
Salvati,
Luigi
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Salvati,%20Luigi>
12. Fifty years of mathematical growth theory - Classical topics and new
trends <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_-5156398483095182444_p12>
By Emmanuelle
Augeraud-Veron
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Emmanuelle%20Augeraud-Veron>
; Raouf Boucekkine
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Raouf%20Boucekkine>;
Fausto
Gozzi <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Fausto%20Gozzi>
; Alain Vendetti
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Alain%20Vendetti>;
Benteng
Zou
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Benteng%20Zou>
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1. Review of “A History of Brazilian Economic Thought: From Colonial
Times Through The Early 21st Century” edited by Ricardo Bielschowsky, Mauro
Boianovsky and Mauricio Chalfin Coutinho
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:osf:socarx:qsp8b>
By: Cavalieri, Marco
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Cavalieri,%20Marco>
Abstract: Review of “A History of Brazilian Economic Thought: From
Colonial Times Through The Early 21st Century” edited by Ricardo
Bielschowsky, Mauro Boianovsky and Mauricio Chalfin Coutinho.
Date: 2024–01–26
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:qsp8b&r=hpe
2. The origins of yield curve theory: Irving Fisher and John Maynard
Keynes <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:osf:socarx:9hf8z>
By: BRILLANT, Lucy
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=BRILLANT,%20Lucy>
Abstract: The purpose of the paper is to rescue Irving Fisher’s
theorizing of the yield curve (1896, 1907, 1930) from relative obscurity
and to contrast it with the better known and equally pioneering theory of
John Maynard Keynes (1930, 1936). The paper also adduces evidence that Fed
economists and the U.S. monetary experience in the 1920s greatly influenced
these authors, both of whom were concerned with the management of the
long-term interest rate.
Date: 2024–01–26
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:9hf8z&r=hpe
3. Institutionalist Clues in Celso Furtado’s Economic Thought
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:120242>
By: Nastasi, Federico
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Nastasi,%20Federico>;
Spagano,
Salvatore
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Spagano,%20Salvatore>
Abstract: The Brazilian economist Celso Furtado escapes from the
traditional distinctions among different schools of thought. Indeed, he
made large use of tools from various proveniences according to a pragmatic
approach. Nonetheless, this paper shows that his work also contains several
characteristic elements of the institutionalist tradition. In the early
1960s, Furtado placed institutions at the centre of his analysis of the
evolution of the economic history. Moreover, he rejected the kind of
determinism that follows a concept of choice entirely dependent on the
utility-maximizing rationality. Coherently, he opposed the New
Institutional Economics as an example of neoclassical retread of
institutional issues. Finally, and especially, even without theorizing it,
he adopted the institutionalised individual as an economic agent. This
choice, rather than that of the homo oeconomicus, implied assuming an agent
able to shape institutions that, in turn, influence human behaviours
according to a downward cumulative causation.
Keywords: Furtado, Structuralism, Institutionalism
JEL: B2 <http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=B2>
Date: 2023–02–02
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:120242&r=hpe
4. ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF EXCHANGE RATE ECONOMICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO: 1892-1992 <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:osf:socarx:vrtns>
By: Edwards, Sebastián
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Edwards,%20Sebasti%C3%A1n>
Abstract: In this paper I analyze the work on exchange rates and
external imbalances by University of Chicago faculty members during the
university’s first hundred years, 1892-1992. Many people associate
Chicago’s views with Milton Friedman’s advocacy for flexible exchange
rates. But, of course, there was much more than that, including the work of
J. Laurence Laughlin on bimetallism, Jacob Viner on the balance of
payments, Lloyd Metzler on transfers, Harry Johnson on trade and
currencies, Lloyd Mints on exchange rate regimes, Robert Mundell on optimal
currency areas, and Arnold Harberger on shadow exchange rates, among other.
The analysis shows that, although different scholars emphasized different
issues, there was a common thread in this research, anchored on the role of
relative prices’ changes during the adjustment process.
Date: 2024–02–16
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:vrtns&r=hpe
5. Review of “Friedrich List: A Pioneer in Catchup Development” by Mei
Junjie <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:osf:socarx:7cx8u>
By: Jiang, George Hong
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Jiang,%20George%20Hong>
Abstract: Review of “Friedrich List: A Pioneer in Catchup Development”
by Mei Junjie.
Date: 2024–01–26
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:7cx8u&r=hpe
6. Axiomatic Marxian Exploitation Theory: a Survey of the Recent
Literature <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:qmw:qmwecw:972>
By: Rylan Chinnock
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Rylan%20Chinnock>
(Department
of Economics, University of Massachusetts); Roberto Veneziani
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Roberto%20Veneziani>
(School
of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary University of London); Naoki
Yoshihara
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Naoki%20Yoshihara>
(Department
of Economics, University of Massachusetts)
Abstract: In this paper we review recent developments in axiomatic
studies of Marxian exploitation theory. First, given the acute controversy
over the formal definition of exploitation during the 1970-1990s, we review
the study of the axiomatic framework, which identifies some fundamental
properties – technically, domain conditions – that any definition of
exploitation should satisfy. Moreover, we provide a survey on the axiomatic
studies about the proper measures of exploitation which coherently preserve
the basic Marxian perceptions represented by two axioms, Profit-
Exploitation Correspondence Principle and Class-Exploitation Correspondence
Principle. Finally, we examine the relevance of the labour theory of value
in these axiomatic studies of the proper measures of exploitation.
Keywords: Axiomatic analysis; Labour Exploitation; Profit-Exploitation
Correspondence Principle; Class-Exploitation Correspondence Principle;
Labour Theory of Value.
JEL: D63 D51
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=D63%20D51>
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:qmw:qmwecw:972&r=hpe
7. Activists and Victorians: The Langham Place Group and the advocacy of
women's labor <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:spa:wpaper:2024wpecon06>
By: Raisssa Vieira de Melo
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Raisssa%20Vieira%20de%20Melo>
; Laura Valladao de Mattos
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Laura%20Valladao%20de%20Mattos>
Abstract: In the second half of the nineteenth century, a small group of
middle class women organized itself with the aim of promoting some social
changes that they considered important for their sex, with special emphasis
to questions relating to women’s work. They founded a journal that was
written and edited by women – the English Women’s Journal – and
demanded improvements in women’s education and the opening of more
professions for the women of their class. This paper analysis the use they
made of Political Economy in support of their cause. It is argued that this
science was used both in their diagnosis of the problems engendered by the
restricted access women had to the labor market; and in their attempt to
persuade society to change this situation. It is also argued that, despite
aiming to give the possibility of independent existence to women by means
of work, these activists embraced many of the Victorian values concerning
women’s role in society. The conclusion is that this mixture of economic
activism with Victorian values was important for it allowed these women to
go against some ingrained prejudices and habits of the time without being
ostracized from society.
Keywords: Lagham Place; Political Economy; women’s labor
JEL: B10 B12
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=B10%20B12>
Date: 2024–02–16
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:spa:wpaper:2024wpecon06&r=hpe
8. The Political Economy of Minimum Wage Setting: The Factories and
Shops Act of Victoria (Australia), 1896-1913
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:iza:izadps:dp16788>
By: Seltzer, Andrew
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Seltzer,%20Andrew> (Royal
Holloway, University of London)
Abstract: The Victorian Factories and Shops Act of 1896, the second
minimum wage law in the world, empowered administrative agencies ("Special
Boards") to set trade-specific minimum rates based on age, sex, and
occupation. Much like modern debates, Victorian supporters of minimum wages
argued that they would protect vulnerable workers while opponents argued
that they would increase employers' costs, resulting in unintended
consequences for workers. Evidence from the actual minimum wages passed
under the Act suggests that Boards were loosely constrained by market
factors, but also that they had some discretion in minimum wage setting.
This discretion was used differently by individual Boards; some essentially
followed the market for their trades while others set minimum rates that
were binding for at least some workers. To the extent that rates were
binding, they tended to reduce inequality among adult male workers,
particularly after a 1907 Federal ruling established a living wage for
employers with operations in multiple states. However, minimum wages also
increased inequality across groups, increasing wages of adult men relative
to those of women and youths. The Act formally institutionalised
gender-based pay differences, a practice that continued in Australian
minimum wage setting for over 70 years.
Keywords: minimum wages, Australia, protective legislation
JEL: N47 N37 J88
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=N47%20N37%20J88>
Date: 2024–02
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iza:izadps:dp16788&r=hpe
9. William Lane Craig, a Classic Apologist
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:smo:raiswp:0315>
By: Sergiu Ghica
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Sergiu%20Ghica>
(University
of Bucharest, Romania)
Abstract: This paper presents William Lane Craig as a proponent of
classical apologetics and explores his influence on the content and
structure of contemporary discussions. These dialogues encompass a wide
spectrum, ranging from historical studies of Jesus and His resurrection to
cosmological and moral evidence of God's existence, as well as the
coherence of Christian theism. In the last part of this paper, we will
highlight Craig's notable contribution to the contemporary field of
apologetics.
Keywords: classical apologetics, Christian faith, evidence, truth, kalÄ
m cosmological argument
Date: 2023–08
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:smo:raiswp:0315&r=hpe
10. Women in economics: the role of gendered references at entry in the
profession <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:bdi:wptemi:td_1438_24>
By: Audinga Baltrunaite
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Audinga%20Baltrunaite>
(Bank
of Italy and CEPR); Alessandra Casarico
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Alessandra%20Casarico>
(Bocconi
University, CESIfo and Dondena); Lucia Rizzica
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Lucia%20Rizzica> (Bank
of Italy)
Abstract: We study the presence and the extent of gender differences in
reference letters for graduate students in economics and finance, and how
these differences relate to early labor market outcomes. To these ends, we
build a novel rich dataset and combine Natural Language Processing
techniques with standard regression analysis. We find that men are
described more often as brilliant and women as hardworking and diligent. We
show that the former (latter) description relates positively (negatively)
with various subsequent career outcomes. We provide evidence that the
observed differences in the way candidates are described are driven by
implicit gender stereotypes.
Keywords: gender bias, research institutions, professional labor
markets, word embeddings
JEL: I23 J16 J44
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=I23%20J16%20J44>
Date: 2024–02
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:bdi:wptemi:td_1438_24&r=hpe
11. The dependence of growth on the profitability of capital in the
Kaleckian literature: a critical evaluation
<http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:pra:mprapa:120163>
By: Trezzini, Attilio
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Trezzini,%20Attilio>;
Salvati,
Luigi
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Salvati,%20Luigi>
Abstract: Kaleckian models can be considered as the most relevant set of
theoretical works which study growth as a demand-led phenomenon. In these
models, the pace of accumulation depends on demand expansion and on
different measures of capital profitability. The relevance of the latter is
generally assumed without any in-depth scrutiny of theoretical principles.
This article identifies the theoretical underpinnings of this alleged
dependence and reconsiders and develops the criticisms of them which can be
found in the literature. This analysis leads to argue that this fundamental
assumption of the Kaleckian models is not sufficiently argued as much as
its cruciality would require.
Keywords: Investment-profit relation; Kaleckian models; Demand-led growth
JEL: E11 E22
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=E11%20E22>
Date: 2024
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:120163&r=hpe
12. Fifty years of mathematical growth theory - Classical topics and new
trends <http://econpapers.repec.org/RePEc:luc:wpaper:24-02>
By: Emmanuelle Augeraud-Veron
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Emmanuelle%20Augeraud-Veron>
(GRETHA,
University of Bordeaux, FR); Raouf Boucekkine
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Raouf%20Boucekkine> (CUT,
Rennes School of Business, FR); Fausto Gozzi
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Fausto%20Gozzi> (LUISS
Guido Carli, Rome, IT); Alain Vendetti
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Alain%20Vendetti>
(Aix-Marseille
University, CNRS, AMSE, Marseille, FR); Benteng Zou
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?aus=Benteng%20Zou> (DEM,
Université du Luxembourg)
Abstract: We present an overview of selected contributions of the
Journal of Mathematical Economics' authors to growth theory in the last
half century. We start with the classical optimal growth theory within a
benchmark multisector model and outline the successive developments in the
analysis of this model, including the turnpike theory. Different
refinements of the benchmark are considered along the way. We then survey
the abundant literature on endogenous uctuations in two sector models. We
conclude with two strong trends in the recent growth literature: green
growth and infinite-dimensional growth models.
Keywords: Growth theory, multisector models, turnpike theory, green
growth, infinite-dimensional growth models, optimization.
JEL: C60 C61 O41
<http://econpapers.repec.org/scripts/search.pf?jel=C60%20C61%20O41>
Date: 2024
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:luc:wpaper:24-02&r=hpe
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