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Book SynopsisVolume 39C of Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, features a symposium marking the 100th anniversary of the publication of Frank H. Knight’s Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit. The symposium features contributions from Per Bylund, Richard E. Wagner, our own Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak and his co-author, Thiago Oliveira, as well as an essay from guest editor Ross B. Emmett. The Volume also includes general-research essays from David C. Coker, J. Patrick Higgins, and Charles R. McCann, Jr.
Table of ContentsPart I: A Symposium on Frank Knight's Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit at 100; Ross B. Emmett
Chapter 1. Understanding the Limits of Pure Theory in Economics: Knight and Mises; Per Bylund
Chapter 2. The Unsettled Legacy of Frank H. Knight’s Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit: A Bibliometric Exploration; Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak and Thiago D. Oliveira
Chapter 3. Frank Knight, James Buchanan, and Virginia Political Economy: The Long Shadow of Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit; Richard E. Wagner
Chapter 4. What Can We Learn about Frank Knight’s Economic Theory from the Prefaces to the Reprints of Risk, Uncertainty and Profit?; Ross B. Emmett
Part II: Essays
Chapter 5. Rawls and Knight: Connections and Influence in A Theory of Justice; David C. Coker
Chapter 6. Walter Lippmann and the Austrian School: Towards a Deeper Epistemological Convergence; J. Patrick Higgins
Chapter 7. A Wisconsin Austrian: William Amasa Scott; Charles R. McCann, Jr.
