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Samuel Hollander is widely recognized as one of the most important and controversial historians of economic thought. This second volume collects together essays extending beyond classical economics, the subject with which he is most associated. This collection includes: * studies in Scholastic, Smithian and Marshallian literature * papers on the Corn-Law pamphlet literature of 1815, the post-Ricardian dissension, and the marginal revolution * essays on T.R. Malthus, including four bibliographical studies The volume also includes an autobiographical section and reviews of a broad range of important books published in the last thirty years.
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THE LITERATURE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Samuel Hollander is widely recognized as one of the most important and controversial historians of economic thought. This second volume collects together essays extending beyond classical economics, the subject with which he is most associated. The collection includes: • An autobiographical introduction • Studies in Scholastic, Smithian and Marshallian literature • Papers on the Corn-Law pamphlets of 1815, the post-Ricardian dissension, and the ‘marginal revolution’ • Essays on T.R.Malthus, including four bibliographical studies • Reviews of a broad range of important books published in the last thirty years. Samuel Hollander is University Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. THE LITERATURE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY Collected Essays II Samuel Hollander London and New York First published 1995 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003. Second edition 1998 Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 © 1998 Samuel Hollander All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data Hollander, Samuel. The literature of political economy/Samuel Hollander. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Economics. 2. Economics—Bibliography. I. Title HB71.H69 1997 97–11430 016.33–dc21 CIP ISBN 0-203-42874-9 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-73698-2 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-415-11429-2 (Print Edition) For Isaac, Ilana, Amber and Jasmine with my love and in memory of two good friends, Martin Bronfenbrenner and Giovanni Caravale CONTENTS Notes on Chapters Preface Acknowledgements x xiii xv Part I. BIOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. ‘IT’S AN ILL WIND…’: A MEMOIR (1995) AND ADDENDUM (1996) 3 2. ON THE TEACHING OF THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT: ATTACK THE BEST DEFENCE (1975) 28 3. IN MEMORIAM: WILLIAM JAFFÉ, 1898–1980 (1981) 35 Part II. THREE EARLY PAPERS 4. THE REPRESENTATIVE FIRM AND IMPERFECT COMPETITION (1961) 41 5. ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE JUST PRICE (1965) 49 6. THE ROLE OF THE STATE IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING: THE CLASSICAL ECONOMISTS’ VIEW (1968) AND REPLY TO E.G.WEST (1969) 65 Part III. ADAM SMITH 7. THE HISTORICAL DIMENSION OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS (1976) 8. ADAM SMITH AND THE SELF-INTEREST AXIOM (1977) vii 87 104 CONTENTS Part IV. NINETEENTH-CENTURY LITERATURE 9. THE POST-RICARDIAN DISSENSION: A CASE-STUDY IN ECONOMICS AND IDEOLOGY (1980) 127 10. ON P.MIROWSKI’S ‘PHYSICS AND THE “MARGINALIST REVOLUTION”