American Economist articles from September 2003

American Economist archives from September 2003

Abram Bergson (1914-2003) in memoriam.(Biography)
September 22, 2003... The economics profession has lost a great theoretician and ambassador of Soviet economics. Born in Baltimore in 1914, Abram Bergson died in Cambridge, Mass., at the age of 89. He graduated from John Hopkins University in 1933, and Harvard...

Information and the change in the paradigm in economics, Part 1.
September 22, 2003... INTRODUCTION Many years ago Keynes wrote: The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled...

The significance of the euro in the international monetary system.
September 22, 2003... It is a great pleasure for me to be here and I thank you, Robert Isaak, for that wonderful introduction; it was very interesting. I am of course going to talk about the euro, but by way of preface, I will tell you about some of my recent...

Entrepreneurial activities in a Veblenian type transition economy.
September 22, 2003... Introduction In this paper a Veblenian analysis will be utilized in order to better understand economies currently in transition from a communist-socialist (command) planned mode to a more market-based economic system. Veblen held that...

'The Game of Life': using a student developed course project to create a learning community in the classroom.
September 22, 2003... Introduction In the fall of 2000, students in a Women and Gender Issues in Economics course were assigned a course project to develop a program that would enlighten college residents regarding women in business and the glass ceiling. This...

Which students benefit from graphs in a principles of economics class?
September 22, 2003... Introduction Economists have long recognized the value of using organizational tools to represent complex ideas and/or large amounts of data. While a number of tools, such as equations, tables, and graphs, have been used for these...

Classification of 2x2 games and strategic business behavior.
September 22, 2003... 1. Introduction In the last twenty years or so game theoretic approach has been gradually introduced into textbooks of microeconomics, including business and managerial economics, at undergraduate as well as graduate levels when discussing...

Competitive balance and free agency in Major League Baseball.
September 22, 2003... Section I: Introduction According to Rodney Fort and James Quirk, "Sports leagues are in the business of selling competition on the playing field." (Fort and Quirk, 1995, p. 1265) It is, therefore, not surprising that competitive balance...

A comment on "does the aggregate demand curve suffer from the fallacy of composition".
September 22, 2003... A recent article in this journal by Professors Saltz, Cantrell, and Horton questioned the validity and existence of the aggregate demand curve in macroeconomics. (1) More specifically, the authors contend that "the aggregate demand problem......

Engines of Enterprise an Economic History of New England.(Book Review)
September 22, 2003... Engines of Enterprise An Economic History of New England, Edited by Peter Temin. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000 Engines of Enterprise, edited by Peter Temin, supplies a refreshing and intriguing look at the economic progress...