Institutional Economics and the Theory of Social Value: Essays in Honor of Marc R. Tool Essays in Honor of Marc R. Tool

Marc R. Tool, both through his writings and his editorship of the Journal of Economic Issues, has had a profound influence on institutional economics. Tool's efforts, in his own words, "has been to keep values on the agenda of economic inquiry," which is another way of saying "ke...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Clark, Charles M.A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1995, 1995
Edition:1st ed. 1995
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Marc R. Tool’s Contributions to Institutional Economics
  • 2 From Natural Value to Social Value
  • 3 Institutionalism and Value Theory: An Identity Crisis?
  • 4 The Urgency of Social Value Theory in Postmodern Capitalism
  • 5 Pragmatism as a Normative Theory of Social Value and Economic Ethics
  • 6 Efficiency versus Equity: A False Dichotomy?
  • 7 The Instrumental Value Principle and its Role
  • 8 The Instrumental Efficiency of Social Value Theory
  • 9 Instrumental Valuation in a Democratic Society
  • 10 Compulsive Shift or Cultural Blind Drift? Literary Theory, Critical Rhetoric, Feminist Theory and Institutional Economics
  • 11 Structural Change and the Compulsive Shift to Institutional Analysis
  • 12 Beyond Technology to Democracy: The Tool Legacy in Instrumentalism
  • 13 Marc Tool’s Social Value Theory and the Family
  • 14 Market Failure and Regulatory Reform: Energy and Telecommunication Networks as a Case Study
  • 15 Thorstein Veblen: Science, Revolution and the Persistence of Atavistic Continuities
  • References
  • About the Authors
  • Author Index