Research in the history of economic thought and methodology : including a symposium on economists and authoritarian regimes in the 20th century / edited by Luca Fiorito (Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Italy), Scott Scheall (Arizona State University, USA) and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fiorito, Luca, 1967- editor.

Scheall, Scott, editor.

Suprinyak, Carlos Eduardo, editor.

Series:

Research in the history of economic thought and methodology ; 38-B.

Research in the history of economic thought and methodology ; 38-B

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economists--History--20th century.

Economists.

Authoritarianism--History--20th century.

Authoritarianism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

Volume 38B of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium on economists and authoritarian regimes in the 20th century. Guest-edited by Federico D'Onofrio and Gerardo Serra, the symposium includes contributions from José Luís Cardoso, Till Düppe and Sarah Joly-Simard, Elisa Grandi, Alexandre Andrada and Mauro Boianovsky, Tinashe Nyamunda, Doriana Matraku Dervishi and Marianne Johnson, and Nicolas Brisset and Raphaël Fèvre. Volume 38B also features a new general-research essay by Reinhard Schumacher and RHETM co-editor Scott Scheall that provides new details concerning Carl Menger's life and career.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Series Page

Editorial Board

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contentss

About the Editors

List of Contributors

Volume Introduction

PART I-A SYMPOSIUM ON ECONOMISTS AND AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES IN THE 20TH CENTURY

Chapter 1-Hidden Agency: Economists and Authoritarian Regimes in The 20th Century

Introduction

Geographies of Authoritarianism

Uncovering Agency

In and Out

New Science, New Sites

Between Rituals and Entrepreneurship

Conclusion

References

Chapter 2-Economists and Authoritarianism in Portugal (1926-1974): From Adherence to Dissent

1. Introduction

2. The Sites and Tasks of the Regime Builders

3. The Ideological Building of the Corporatist Regime

4. Economic Growth in the Post-war Period. The Role of Engineers

5. The Role and Agency of Economists

6. The Keynesian Influence

7. Concluding Remarks

Chapter 3-Stalin's Pluralism: How Anti-Dogmatism Serves Tyranny

Stalin's Socialism

The First Conversations

Post-War Divisions

The Great Discussion of 1951

Economic Problems of Socialism in the USSR

The Last Conversation

Aftermath

Chapter 4-World Bank's Missions in Colombia: Rojas' Regime, Domestic Opposition, and International Economists (1949-1957)

1. Colombian Political and Economic Groups: Domestic Conflict and Transnational Networks (1930-1948)

2. International Economists and Political Crisis: The World Bank Early Missions and Rojas coup d'état (1948-1953)

3. Rojas and the Conflict Over the Cauca Valley Corporation (1953-1958)

Conclusions

Foreign Relations of the United States

Chapter 5-The Political Economy of the Income Distribution Controversy in 1970s Brazil: Debating Models and Data Under Military Rule

Introduction.

"The Economy Is Doing Well, But Most People Are Still Doing Poorly"

"Let the Pie Grow Before Sharing it"

The Critics

Chapter 6-Foreign Consultants, Racial Segregation and Dissent: J. L. Sadie and 1960s Southern Rhodesia

Economics, Economists, and the Project of Economy and Colonial State-Making in Rhodesia

Knowledge, Politics, Policy: Sadie, Rhodesian Academics, and the State

The Rhodesian Political Context and the Sadie Report

Chapter 7-Isolation in Albanian Economic Thought

Emerging Isolation

Isolation in Theory

Isolation in Policy

Isolation in Practice

Chapter 8-The Vichy Opportunity: François Perroux's Institutional and Intellectual Entrepreneurship

Embracing the New Regime: Vichy France, Year Zero

Renovating French Economics at the Carrel Foundation

Catching-up with International Economic Theory: Toward the Specialization of Economics

The Science of Man: Toward the Integration of Economics

Renaître, Groundwork for Tomorrow's National Revolution

Negotiating the Post-War Shift: Changing Regimes, Changing Words

PART II-ESSAYS

Chapter 9-Karl Menger's Unfinished Biography of His Father: New Insights into Carl Menger's Life Through 1889

The Scope and Relevance of the Unfinished Biography

Carl Menger's Parents

Early Student Years

Carl Menger as a University Student

Journalistic Career

Early Scientific Work

Ministerial Occupation and Later Years as Journalist

Early Academic Career

Carl and Crown Prince Rudolf

References.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781838677053

1838677054

9781838677039

1838677038