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The Historiography of Economics

The Collected Papers of A.W. Bob Coats: Volume III Compiled and Edited by Roger E. Backhouse and Bruce Caldwell

By A.W. Bob Coats

Edited by Roger Backhouse, Bruce Caldwell

To Be Published August 27th 2013 by Routledge – 544 pages

Series: British and American Economic Essays

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Description

This is the third and final volume of collected papers of A.W. Bob Coats. Coats began to collect material for this volume in the years following the publication of the second volume in 1993, but sadly died in 2007, before the work was completed.

The volume has now been completed under the editorship of Roger Backhouse and Bruce Caldwell. Along with his articles, the compilation of the volume also reflects Coats’ interest in and commitment to book reviews, a selection of which have been chosen for inclusion. The book also includes a comprehensive bibliography.

In addition to a preface by Backhouse and Caldwell, the volume also reproduces the obituary that was published in History of Political Economy, a memoir published in 1996, and an interview with Grant Fleming, published the previous year. Together, the introductory materials, articles and reviews serve as a fitting tribute to the body of work of Bob Coats.

Contents

Introduction ‘A. W. (Bob) Coats, 1924-2007’ (with B. Caldwell, C. D. W. Goodwin and M. Rutherford), History of Political Economy 40(3):421-446 Part I: Articles 1. "Memoirs of an Economist Watcher," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, vol. 18, Fall 1996, pp. 250-270. 2. Interview with Grant Fleming History of Economic Ideas3(3), 1995, pp. 141-56 3. "T.W. Hutchison as an Historian of Economics," in Warren Samuels, ed., The Craft of the Historian of Economics (Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1983), pp. 187-207. 4. "Half a Century of Methodological Controversy in Economics: as Reflected in the Writings of T.W. Hutchison", in A. W. Coats, ed., Methodological Controversy in Economics: Historical Essays in Honor of T.W. Hutchison, (JAI Press: Greenwich, CT, 1983), pp.1-42 5. "What Mirowski's History Leaves Out,", in Neil de Marchi ed., Non-Natural Social Science: Reflections on the Enterprise of More Heat than Light, History of Political Economy, Annual Supplement to volume 25 (Durham: Duke University Press, 1993), pp. 271-82 6. "The Pillars of Economic Understanding: A New Magisterial History of Economic Thought?", Journal on the History of Economic Thought, vol. 22, September 2000, pp. 377-384. 7. "History of Political Economy: The AEA and the History of Economics (a review essay)," Bulletin of the History of Economics Society, vol. 9, Fall 1987, pp. 61-66 8. "Explanations in History and Economics," Social Research, vol. 56, Summer 1989, pp. 331-360 9. "Comments on Schabas: The Nature and Significance of the New Economic History ‘Parmenides and the Cliometricians’,"' in Daniel Little, ed. On the Reliability of Economic Models (Boston: Kluwer, 1995) pp. 203-209 10. "What Is American about American Economics?", in Malcolm Rutherford, ed. The Economic Mind in America: Essays in the History of American Economics (London: Routledge, 1998), pp. 9-17. 11. "Research Priorities in the History of Economics," History of Political Economy, vol. 1, Spring 1969, pp. 9-18. 12. "The First Decade of HOPE (1968-79)," History of Political Economy, vol. 15, 1983, pp. 303-319 13. "Economics, History and HOPE", Bulletin of the History of Economics Society, vol. 8, Winter 1987, pp. 1-20. 14. "Situational Determinism in Economics: The Implications of Lastis’s Argument for the Historian of Economics," British Journal of the Philosophy of Science, vol. 25, 1974, pp. 285-288 15. "Economics and Psychology: The Death and Resurrection of a Research Programme," in Spiro J. Latsis, ed. Method and Appraisal in Economics (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1976) pp. 43-64. 16. "Economics and Psychology: A Resurrection Story," in Peter Earl, ed. Psychological Economics: Development, Tensions, Prospects. (Kluwer, 1987), pp. 211-225. 17. "Appraising Economic Theories," a review article on N. de Marchi and Mark Blaug, eds., Appraising Economic Theories: Studies in the Methodology of Rcsearch Programs, History of Economics Review, 1993, pp. 46-56. 18. "The Influence of Veblen’s Methodology", Journal of Political Economy, vol. 62, December 1954, pp. 529-537. 19. "The Politics of Political Economists: Comment", Quarterly Journal of Economics, vol. 74, November 1960, pp. 666-669. 20. "Value Judgments in Economics," Yorkshire Bulletin of Economic and Social Research, November, ???, 1964, pp. 53-67. 21. "Methodology and Professionalism in Economics: A Subordinate Theme in Fritz Machlup's Writings," in Breadth and Depth in Economics: Fritz Malchlup – The Man and His Ideas, ed. Jacob S. Dreyer (Lexington, Mass: Lexington Books D.C. Heath and Co., 1978) pp. 23-35 22. (with Stuart Thompstone) "Against ‘Against Convergence’", Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 5, December 1981, pp. 383-386. 23. "The Methodology of Economics: Some Recent Contributions", Kyklos, vol. 35, May 1982, pp. 310-321. 24. "Economic Methodology: Theory, Practice and the Current State of Economics", Kyklos, vol. 39, February 1986, pp. 109-115. 25. "Reflections on the Austrian-Institutionalism Symposium," in Warren Samuels, ed. Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, vol. 6, JAI Press, 1989, pp. 101-106. 26. "Economics as a Profession," in David Greenaway, Michael Bleaney, and Ian Stewart, eds. Companion to Contemporary Economic Thought (London and New York: Routledge, 1991), pp. 119-142. 27. "The Past, Present and Future of Economics," in Cosimo Perrotta and Vitantonio Gioia, eds., Where is Economics Going? Historical Viewpoints (Lecce: Universita Degli Studi de Lecce, 1994) pp. 7-18 28. "Fusfeld and Economic Methodology," in Nahid Aslanbeigui and Young Back Choi, eds., Borderlands of Economics: Essays in Honor of Daniel R. Fusfeld (London: Routledge, 1997) pp. 32-46. 29. "Roundtable: The Progress of Heterodox Economics," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, vol. 22, June 2000, pp. 145-148. 30. "Review Article: Mary O. Furner’s Advocacy and Objectvity: A Crisis in the Professionalization of American Social Science." Journal of American Studies, vol. 12 August 1978, pp. 227-33 31. (co-author with Bruce Caldwell) "The Rhetoric of Economists: A Comment on McCloskey", Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 22, June 1984, pp. 575-578. 32. (co-author with Steven Pressman) "Further Comments on McCloskey's Argument", Eastern Economic Journal vol. 13, July-September 1987, pp. 305-307. 33. "Economic Rhetoric: The Social Dimension," in Arjo Klamer, Donald N. McCloskey, and Robert M. Solow, eds., The Consequences of Economic Rhetoric, (Cambridge University Press, 1988), pp. 64-84. Part II: Book Reviews 1. "Schumpeter, J.A. History of Economic Analysis," Economica, vol. 22, May 1955, pp. 171-4. 2. "Rogin, Leo. The Meaning and Validity of Economic Theory: A Historical Approach," Economica, vol. 24, May 1957, pp. 164-6. 3. "Lekachman, Robert. A History of Economic Ideas," Kyklos, vol. 13, February 1960, pp. 134-6. 4. "Wilhite, Virgle Glenn. Founders of American Economic Thought and Policy,", Science and Society vol. 24, Spring 1960, pp. 185-7. 5. "Dorfman, Joseph. The Economic Mind in American Civilization, Vols. IV and V: 1918-1933," Journal of Political Economy, vol. 68, June 1960, pp. 311-2. 6. "Dorfman, Joseph. The Economic Mind in American Civilization," Bulletin of the British Association for American Studies 2 new series, March 1961, pp.86-7. 7. "Mitchell, Wesley C. Types of Economic Theory, From Mercantilism to Institutionalism. Vol. 1. Joseph Dorfman, (ed.)," American Economic Review, vol. 58, March 1968, pp. 206-8. 8. "Eagly, Robert V. Events, Ideology and Economic Theory. The Determinants of Progress in the Development of Economic Analysis," History of Economic Thought Newsletter 2, April 1969, pp. 17-20. 9. "Blaug, Mark. Economic Theory in Retrospect (Revised Edition.)," Kyklos, vol. 22, November 1969, pp.781-3. 10. "O'Brien, Denis P. J.R. McCulloch. A Study in Classical Economics," Kyklos, vol. 24, August 1971, pp.605-7. 11. "O'Brien, Denis P. (ed.). The Correspondence of Lord Overstone," Kyklos, vol. 26, January 1973, pp. 688-670. 12. "O'Brien, Denis P. The Classical Economists," Kyklos, vol. 28, November 1975, pp. 903-6. 13. "Eagly, Robert V. The Structure of Classical Economic Theory," Kyklos, vol. 28, November 1975, pp.903-6. 14. "Haskell, Thomas L. The Emergence of Professional Social Science: The American Social Science Association and the Nineteenth Century Crisis of Authority", History of Political Economy, vol. I l, Summer 1979, pp.312-5. 15. "Winch, Donald. Adam Smith's Politics. An Essay in Historiographical Revision," Kyklos, vol. 32, August 1979, pp. 603-5. 16. "Oleson, Alexandra and Voss, John. (eds.). The Organization of Knowledge in Modern America 1860-1980," Journal of American Studies vol. 15 December 1981, pp. 465-8. 17. "Caldwell, Bruce. Beyond Positivism. Economic Methodology in the Twentieth Century," Kyklos, vol. 36, August 1983, pp. 487-9. 18. Skidelsky, Robert. John Maynard Keynes, Hopes Betrayed 1883-1920," Kyklos, vol. 37, August 1984, pp. 511-3. 19. "Whitley, Richard. The Intellectual and Social Organisation of the Sciences. From knowledge to wisdom: a revolution in the aims and methods of science," History of Political Economy, vol. 18, Winter 1986, pp 683-6. 20. "Maxwell, Nicholas. From Knowledge to Wisdom: A Revolution in the Aims and Methods of Science", History of Political Economy, vol. 18. Winter 1986, pp. 683-6. 21. "Parker, William N. (ed.). Economic History and the Modern Economist," History of Political Economy, vol. 20, Spring 1988, pp. 152-4. 22. "Hutchison, Terence. Before Adam Smith. The Emergence of Political Economy, 1662-1776," The Economic History Review, vol. 42, November 1989, pp.631-3. 23. "De Marchi, Neil. (ed.). The Popperian Legacy in Economics. Papers presented at a Symposium in Amsterdam, December, 1985," (Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 27, December 1989, pp. 1678-1679. 24. "Backhouse, Roger. Economists and the Economy. The Evolution of Economic Ideas, 1600 to the Present Day", History of Political Economy, vol. 22, Winter 1990, pp.760-2. 25. "Furner, Mary O. and Supple, Barry. The State and Economic Knowledge: The American and British Experiences", The Economic Journal, vol. 101, November 1991, pp. 1580-2. 26. "Mirowski, Philip. More Heat than Light. Economics as Social Physics: Physics as Nature's Economics," Kyklos, vol. 44, February 1991, pp. 131-5. 27. "Hausman, Daniel M. The Inexact and Separate Science of Economics," Kyklos, vol. 46, February 1993, pp.132-5. 28. "Klamer, Arjo, Colander, David. The Making of an Economist," Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, vol. 11, 1993, pp. 163-170. 29. "Rosenberg, Alexander. Economics - Mathematical Politics or Science of Diminishing Returns?" Economics and Philosophy, vol. 11, October 1995, pp. 386-91. 30. "Perlman, Mark and Charles R. McCann Jr. The Pillars of Economic Understanding: Ideas and Traditions", The Journal of the History of Economic Thought, vol. 22, September 2000, pp. 377-84. 31. "Wagener, Hans-Jürgen, ed. Economic Thought in Communist and Post-Communist Europe," (London: Routledge, 1998). History of Economic Thought Newsletter 66, Summer 2001, pp. 3-8

Author Bio

A.W. Bob Coats, who died in 2007, was formerly Head of the Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Nottingham, UK. Volume I of his collected papers was published in 1992, and Volume II in 1993.

Roger Backhouse is Professor of the History and Philosophy of Economics at the University of Birmingham, UK.

Bruce Caldwell is Director of the Centre for Political Economy, Duke University, USA.

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Description: By A.W. Bob CoatsEdited by Roger Backhouse, Bruce Caldwell. This is the third and final volume of collected papers of A.W. Bob Coats. Coats began to collect material for this volume in the years following the publication of the second volume in 1993, but sadly died in 2007, before the work was completed. The...
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