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Thorstein Veblen and the Revival of Free Market Capitalism

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Contents: Introduction 1. The Place of Science in Society Anne Mayhew 2. Thorstein Veblen on the Origins and Meaning of Private Property Robert E. Prasch 3. Capital and the Modern Corporation Eric Hake 4. Pecuniary Institutions: Their Role and Effects Glen Atkinson 5. Veblen's Missing Theory of Markets and Exchange, or can you have an Economic Theory Without a Theory of Market Exchange? William T. Waller 6. Some Myths of Veblenian Institutionalism Geoffrey Hodgson 7. Veblen: Economics Raised to the Cultural Level David Hamilton 8. Veblen on Higher Education Anne Mayhew 9. Thorstein Veblen and the Sabotage of Democracy Sidney Plotkin 10. Getting to the Good Life: Agents of Change Janet T. Knoedler

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Key concepts: Veblen good, Capitalism, Neoclassical economics, Economics, Free market, Economic history, Political science, Law