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Book SynopsisVolume 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.
Table of ContentsPart I: A Symposium on Economists and Authoritarian Regimes in the 20th Century Chapter 1. Hidden Agency: Economists and Authoritarian Regimes in the 20th Century; Federico D’Onofrio and Gerardo Serra Chapter 2. Economists and the Authoritarian Regime in Portugal (1926-1974): From Adherence to Dissent; José Luís Cardoso Chapter 3. Stalin’s Pluralism: How Anti-Dogmatism Serves Tyranny; Till Düppe and Sarah Joly-Simard Chapter 4. World Bank’s Missions in Colombia: Rojas’ Regime, Domestic Opposition and International Economists (1949-1957); Elisa Grandi Chapter 5. The Political Economy of the Income Distribution Controversy in 1970s Brazil: Debating Models and Data Under Military Rule; Alexandre Andrada and Mauro Boianovsky Chapter 6. Foreign Consultants, Racial Segregation and Dissent: J.L. Sadie in 1960s Southern Rhodesia; Tinashe Nyamunda Chapter 7. Isolation in Albanian Economic Thought; Doriana Matraku Dervishi and Marianne Johnson Chapter 8. The Vichy Opportunity: François Perroux’s Institutional and Intellectual Entrepreneurship; Nicolas Brisset and Raphaël Fèvre
Part II: Essays Chapter 9. Karl Menger’s Unfinished Biography of His Father: Insights Into Carl Menger’s Life Through 1889; Reinhard Schumacher and Scott Scheall
