Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology : Including a Selection of Papers Presented at the 2019 ALAHPE Conference.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Series Editors Page -- Editorial Board -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Volume Introduction -- Editors' Biographies -- Part I: A Selection of Papers Presented at the 2019 Alahpe Conference -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Samuelson on Populist Democracy, Fascist Capitalism and the Vicissitudes of South American Economic Development (1948-1997) -- 1. Stagflation and the End of the Neoclassical Synthesis -- 2. Addressing the Puzzle of Argentinian Growth Failure -- 2.1. Disappointing Expectations -- 2.2. Schumpeter and Political Sickness -- 2.3. Populism, Games, and Collusions -- 2.4. Argentina as a Paradigm -- 3. Dealing with the Brazilian Military Regime -- 3.1. "Economic Miracle" Under Income Concentration -- 3.2. Translation and Censorship -- 3.3. Authoritarianism and Development -- 4. Targeting Chile's Chicago Boys -- 4.1. Pareto and "Imposed Capitalism" -- 4.2. Confronting Chicago -- 4.3. Monetarism and Repression -- 5. Inequality and Instability -- 5.1. "Why Economies Grow and Why They Decay" -- 5.2. Macroeconomic Populism -- 5.3. Pareto's Law and the Crisis of the Welfare State -- 6. Samuelson's Political Economy in the South American Mirror -- 6.1. History and Events -- 6.2. Fighting the Chicago Heritage -- 6.3. Beyond Growth Models -- References -- Chapter 3: Finance Capital, State Transformation and Crisis Regulation: The Contribution of Rudolf Hilferding -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The State and the Formation of Finance Capital -- 3. Finance Capital as Fusion of Banking and Industry in Hilferding -- 4. The Nature of Crises of Finance Capital Era -- 5. The Transformation in the Functions of the State and the Regulation of Crises -- 6. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Inflation and Underdevelopment: Ideas from the Creation of ECLAC1 -- 1. Introduction.

2. The Singer Report and the Latin-American Manifesto -- 3. The Economic Study of Latin America - 1949 -- 4. Theoretical and Practical Problems of Economic Growth -- 5. Repercussions in the Brazilian Literature -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Samuelson Turnpike and Optimal Growth Theory, 1940s-1960s -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Growth, Development, and Samuelson Turnpike -- 3. Frank Ramsey in the Land of Growthmanship? -- 4. Samuelson Turnpike and "Amalgam" of Models -- 5. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: A History of the Trajectory of Kirzner's Economic Thought Toward the Consolidation of His Theory of Entrepreneurship -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Elements of the Theory of Entrepreneurship in Kirznerian Economic Thought Between 1960 and 1967 -- 3. Elements of the Theory of Entrepreneurial Activity in Kirznerian Economic Thought Between 1967 and 1973 -- 4. Kirzner's Consolidation of a Theory of Entrepreneurial Activity -- 5. The Evolution of Kirzner's Thinking -- 6. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 7: Periodization in Prehistory, Transition and the History of Economic Thought IN Latin America: An Expanded View -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Periodization for the History of Economic Thought in Latin America: A First Approximation from Oreste Popescu -- 3. Some Definitions for an Amended Periodization Proposal -- 4. An Expanded Periodization of the History of Economic Thought in Latin America -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Essay -- Chapter 8: "We Can Get a Coup": Warren Nutter and the Overthrow of Salvador Allende -- Introduction -- Warren Nutter at the Pentagon -- "We Can Get a Coup": Chile Policy to November 9th, 1970 -- Cultivating a "Coup Climate": Nutter and Chile Policy After NSDM 93 -- Warren Nutter and Military Assistance to Chile -- Warren Nutter's 1971 Latin America Trip.

The Chicago-Chile Connection -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: From the Vault -- Chapter 9: A Curiosity form the Wesley Clair Mitchell Papers: Fay on Marshall and Some "Controversial Matter" -- References -- Part IV: Review -- Chapter 10: Review of Recharting the History of Economic Thought.

Volume 39A features a selection of essays presented at the 2019 Conference of the Latin American Society for the History of Economic Thought, edited by Felipe Almeida and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak, as well as a new general-research essay by Daniel Kuehn, an archival discovery by Katia Caldari and Luca Fiorito, and a book review by John Hall.

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