Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology

Luca Fiorito received his PhD in economics from the New School for Social Research in New York and is currently Professor at the University of Palermo. His main area of interest is the history of American economic thought in the Progressive Era and the interwar years. Scott Scheall is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Science in Arizona State University’s College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. He has published extensively on topics related to the history and philosophy of the Austrian School of Economics. Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak is Associate Professor of Economics at the American University of Paris. He specializes in the history of political economy, exploring the intersections between economics and politics in different historical contexts, from early modern England to Cold War Latin America.

PART I. A Symposium on John Kennethj Galbraith: Economic Structures and Policies for the Twenty-First Century

Chapter 1. Introduction; Richard P. F. Holt

Chapter 2. Galbraith and Economic Power; Steven Pressman

Chapter 3. Consumer Sovereignty in the Digital Society; Alexandre Chirat

Chapter 4. John Kenneth Galbraith’s Social Balancing Theory in the 21st Century; Eric Scorsone

Chapter 5. John Kenneth Galbraith on the Military Industrial Complex; Adem Yavuz Elveren

Chapter 6. The Social Consequences of Inflation and Unemployment and their Remedies; Alexandre Chirat, Basile Clerc, and Richard P. F. Holt

PART II. Essays

Chapter 7. Pareto efficiency from Lausanne to the United States: the role of Maurice Allais; Irène Berthonnet

Chapter 8. From Regulation to Deregulation and (Perhaps) Back: A Peculiar Continuity in the Analytical Framework; William McColloch and Matías Vernengo