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Book SynopsisVolume 37B of
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology features a symposium on the work of Ludwig Lachmann, edited by Giampaolo Garzarelli. Contributors to the symposium include Peter Boettke, Erwin Dekker, Peter Lewin, and several other experts on Lachmann and the Austrian School. The volume also includes an essay on Jean de Largentaye's French translation of Keynes's
General Theory, written by the translator's daughter, Hélène de Largentaye. Last and certainly not least, the volume features a collection of reviews and commentaries on historian Nancy MacLean's controversial book about James Buchanan,
Democracy in Chains.
Trade ReviewConsisting of 14 contributions, this volume presents a symposium on the work of Ludwig Lachmann and the Austrian School of economics, "The Legacy of Ludwig Lachmann: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Institutions, Agency and Uncertainty," held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in April 2017, and a collection of reviews and commentaries on Nancy MacLean's Democracy in Chains. Researchers from the US, Europe, Ecuador, and South Africa discuss the capital theoretic side of the socialist calculation debate; the joint production of interpretation instruments and the relationship between institutional orders and capital structures; Lachmann's subjectivist approach to economics and its consequences and his intellectual relationship with Joseph Schumpeter; the relationship of Lachmann's views to the Austrian School of economics before, during, and after his time; his views on John Maynard Keynes and probability theory; and his public and private persona. The second section addresses the French edition of the General Theory by Keynes, followed by reviews and commentaries of MacLean's book. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsPART I 1. Introduction to a Symposium on Ludwig Lachmann;
Giampaolo Garzarelli 2. Capital, Calculation, and Coordination;
Peter J. Boettke and Ennio E. Piano 3. Lachman and Shackle: On the Joint Production of Interpretation Instruments;
Erwin Dekker and Pavel Kuchař 4. Lachmann and Shumpeter - Some Reflections;
Martin Fransman 5. Ludwig Lachmann and the Austrians;
Peter Lewin 6. Lachmann, Keynes and Subjectivism;
Christopher Torr 7. Reminiscences of Ludwig Lachmann;
Martin Fransman, Giampaolo Garzarelli, Peter Lewin, Jochen Runde, and Christopher Torr PART II 8. Gained in Translation: The French Edition of
The General Theory by JM Keynes;
Hélène de Largentaye PART III 9. Introduction to a Collection of Reviews and Commentaries on Nancy MacLean's
Democracy in Chains;
Andrew Farrent and Scott Scheall 10. The Allure and Tragedy of Ideological Blunders Left, Right and Center: A Review Essay of Nancy MacLean's
Democracy in Chains;
Peter J. Boettke 11. James M. Buchanan and Democratic Classical Liberalism;
David Ellerman 12. Reading the Hermeneutics of Suspicion with Suspicion: A Review Essay on Nancy MacLean's
Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America;
Ross B. Emmett 13. Poking a Hornet's Nest: The Debate on
Democracy in Chains;
Gary Mongiovi 14. Freedom of Association and its Discontents: The Calculus of Consent and the Civil Rights Movement;
Vlad Tarko and Santiago Jose Gangotena
