Author : Thorstein Veblen
Publisher : Vernon Art and Science
ISBN 13 : 9781622730117
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Collected Short Works of Thorstein Veblen - by : Thorstein Veblen
Download or read book The Collected Short Works of Thorstein Veblen - written by Thorstein Veblen and published by Vernon Art and Science. This book was released on 2014 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume collection contains Veblen's publications in academic journals and other scholarly press. The articles are organized under major chapters covering Veblen's pioneering thoughts on social organization; economic theory; social theory; institutions, social organization and economic performance; contemporary policies and social movements; social applications of evolutionary reasoning. Veblen made numerous seminal contributions on issues as as diverse as the social role of science, the economic and social competition between entrepreneurs and engineers as well as a sobering criticism of the still under-appreciated preconceptions of economics as a science.The collection brings together much work that has been inaccessible in print and provides instructive reading for researchers on institutional economics, evolutionary economics as well as those with an interest on the history of economic thought. This edition has been professionally typeset from the original articles for easier reading and includes a comprehensive index. It is printed on quality, hard-bound volumes, resulting in an indispensable contemporary edition of Veblen's timeless ideas.