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Reviews the book "Issues in Monetary Economics: Proceedings of the 1972 Money Study Group Conference," edited by H.G. Johnson and A.R. Nobay.

Reviews the book "Markets, Games, and Organizations: Essays in Honor of Roy Radner," edited by Tatsuro Ichiishi and Thomas Marschak.

This paper argues that Piketty's book should not simply be seen as that of an economist, but that it contains significant resources for sociologists to draw upon. These are firstly, this approach to social science and his use of visualizations which chime closely with recent claims about the power of description. Secondly I consider his conceptualization of time and history - which in rebutting epochal arguments about the speed of contemporary change allows for a much better appreciation of the 'long durée'; and finally his conceptualization of social classes and privilege through his elaboration of a sociology of accumulation and inheritance. In all these ways, Piketty's work assists in developing an account of elites and wealth which should be highly productive for future sociology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Economics and Religion (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics)," Volumes I and II, edited by Paul Oslington.

The article reviews the book "Schumpeter on the Economics of Innovation and the Development of Capitalism," by Arnold Heertje.

Reviews the book 'Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform,' edited by Sheldon H. Danziger.

The article reviews the book "Interpreting Mr Keynes: The IS-LM Enigma," by Warren Young.

Reviews the book "Advances in Economic Theory--Fifth World Congress," edited by Truman Bewley.

Reviews the book "Economics in Disarray," edited by Peter Wiles and Guy Routh.

Reviews the book 'Models of Strategic Rationality,' by Reinhard Selten.

The article reviews the book "The Economics of Mobile Telecommunications," by Harald Gruber.

Books reviewed: TAKATOSHI ITO and ANNE O. KRUEGER (eds.), Governance, Regulation, and Privatization in The Asia-Pacific Region. ELHANAN HELPMAN, The Mystery of Economic Growth. DANIEL H. ROSEN, SCOTT ROZELLE and JIKUN HUANG, Roots of Competitiveness: China's Evolving Agriculture Interests JAMES J. HECKMAN and CARMEN PAGÉS (eds.), Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Simplicity, Inference and Modelling: Keeping It Sophisticatedly Simple," edited by Arnold Zellner, Hugo A. Keuzenkamp and Michael McAleer.

Books reviewed: Masayoshi Tsurumi, Financial Big Bang in Asia . R.K. Turner, I.J. Bateman, W.N. Adger, The Economics of Coastal and Water Resources: Valuing Environmental Functions . Magnus Blomström and Linda S. Goldberg, Topics in International Economics: A Festschrift in Honor of Robert E. Lipsey . Günther G. Schulze and Heinrich W. Ursprung, International Environmental Economics, A Survey of the Issues . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "The Economic Theory of Organization and the Firm," by Richard M. Cyert.

Reviews the book 'Approaches to Economic Well-Being,' by David Laidler.

Reviews the book 'Selected Economic Writings of Abba P. Lerner,' edited by David C. Colander.

Reviews the book "Pioneers in Development--Second Series," edited by Gerald M. Meier.

Reviews the book "Economics As a Process: Essays in the New Institutional Economics," edited by Richard N. Langlois.

Reviews the book "Rivalry and Central Planning: The Socialist Calculation Debate Reconsidered," by Don Lavoie.

Reviews the book "Game-Theoretic Models of Bargaining," edited by A.E. Roth.

Reviews the book "The Early Economic Writings of Alfred Marshall 1867-1890," edited by J. K. Whitaker.

The focus of this book is the nature and proper constitution of the economic order in the United States. The subject is approached in ten essays divided among three perspectives, all focusing on the nature and relationship of Christianity and capitalism. Two historical essays, by John Pawlikowski and David Krueger, offer valuable grounding in (respectively) Catholic and Protestant approaches to ethical analysis of economic issues. Contemporary Christian Ethics is represented in essays by Franklin Gamwell, Robert Benne, Cornel West, Douglas Sturm, and Widick Schroeder, while perspectives from economics, social theory, and anthropology are provided in essays by Daniel Finn, Bruce Grelle, and Kay Warren. In many ways the key piece in this anthology is Gamwell's paper, which poses the broad question of the interrelation between liberal political thought, religious ethics, and the economic order and argues that an ongoing dispute within liberalism itself is a major obstacle to consensus on the proper shape of the economic sphere. With the reawakened interest in application of religious ethical analysis to defining social justice in the economy, however, all the component essays of this volume are useful, and varied, sources of thoughtful reflection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "Britain's Economic Prospects Reconsidered," edited by Alec Cairncross.

Reviews the book 'The Canadian Economic System,' by Andr é Raynauld, translated by C.M. Ross.

The article reviews the book "Happiness: A Revolution in Economics," by Bruno S. Frey.

This volume is the first in a proposed annual series of essay collections presenting current research on the subject of experimental economics. Its appearance perhaps reflects the strength of persistent murmurings of concern about the validity of economists' behavioral assumptions, an important aspect of which touches subtleties of behavior often important at the micro level and in the operation of market institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This volume collects ten essays by the author on macroeconomic topics published in the years 1966-70, many in international journals and symposiums that might not normally come to most readers' attention. The first six essays deal with models of income determination and growth that are strictly early post-Keynesian in their restricted focus on the multiplier-accelerator mechanism. The last four essays, generally published earlier than the others, deal with miscellaneous topics ranging from the effect of corporate profits taxation on investment and growth to international monetary reform. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Competing Economic Theories: Essays in Memory of Giovanni Caravale," edited by Sergio Nistoco and Domenico Tosato.

Reviews the book 'A Guide for the Young Economist: Writing and Speaking Effectively About Economics,' by William Thomson.

Reviews the book "Economic Complexity: Chaos, Sunspots, Bubbles and Nonlinearity," edited by William A. Barnett, John Geweke and Karl Shell.

Reviews the book "Family Economic Behavior: Problems and Prospects," edited by Eleanor B. Sheldon.

Reviews the book 'Dangerous Currents: The State of Economics,' by Lester C. Thurow.

Reviews the book 'Latin American Experiments in Neoconservative Economics,' by Alejandro Foxley.

Reviews the book 'On Economics and Society,' by Harry G. Johnson.

Reviews the book 'Essays in Contemporary Economic Problems: Disinflation, 1983-1984 Edition,' edited by William Fellner.

Reviews the book 'Higgling: Transactors and Their Markets in the History of Economics,' edited by Neil de Marchi and Mary S. Morgan.

Reviews the book `General Equilibrium Economics,' by Robert E. Kuenne.

Reviews the book "Economics and Economic Policy in Britain, 1946-66," by T.W. Hutchison.

Reviews the book "The Economics of Education," by E. A. G. Robinson and J. E. Vaizey.

Reviews the book "Contributions to Operations Research and Economics: The Twentieth Anniversary of CORE," edited by B. Cornet and H. Tulkens.

Reviews the book "The Shapely Value: Essays in Honor of Lloyd S. Shapely," edited by Alvin E. Roth.

Reviews the book "Foundations of Economics," edited by Mauro Baranzini and Roberto Scazzieri.