Category Archives: Theory
Economic Modeling: Societal Preferences and Government
A book I just recently finished, After War: the Political Economy of Exporting Democracy, has a lot of insight into the institutional and behavioral theory behind reconstruction (e.g. the nation building in Iraq and Afghanistan). One of the explanations given by Coyne, … Continue reading
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Book Review: Structure and Change in Economic History
For economic historians, the ability to write well comes almost as second nature. For Douglass C. North, the author and Nobel winning economist behind Structure and Change in Economic History, this is no exception. Published in 1981, Structure and Change in … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, History, New Institutional, North, Reading, Theory
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