1st Edition
Essential Writings of Thorstein Veblen
Biography
Charles Camic is John Evans Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. Previously, he was Martindale-Bascom Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Geoffrey M. Hodgson is a Research Professor in Business Studies at the University of Hertfordshire. He is an academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and the author of of over 100 academic journal articles, as well as having written numerous books.
"There is today a renaissance of interest in the writings of the great institutional economists who were prominent in the first part of the 20th century, and then faded from view as neoclassical economics took over the field. Among these, the writings of Thorstein Veblen are perhaps the most interesting and most relevant to reflection on the current state of economics. This volume, which makes many of his writings readily available, is most welcome."
Professor Richard Nelson, Columbia University, New York, USA
"This selection of Veblen’s essays, edited by two leading institutional scholars, is particularly welcome. After a crisis of the economy and after an evident crises of the economics which is supposed to explain it, many scholars are looking for alternative approaches which were abandoned for empty formalistic and a-historical theories. Re-reading these essays by Veblen can greatly contribute to the success of their efforts. They show how economics could be an evolutionary science which helps to understand and transform real-life economic systems."
Professor Ugo Pagano, University of Siena, Italy
"Geoff Hodgson and Charles Camic have produced an extremely interesting and valuable collection of Thorstein Veblen’s writings, originally published between 1882 and 1914. The collection is designed to provide insight in to the development of Veblen’s central and essential ideas, hence the chronological arrangement, the focus on work up to 1914, and the valuable commentaries provided on the texts. This book supersedes all previous collections of Veblen’s writings, and is an essential tool for Veblen scholars."
Professor Malcolm Rutherford, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
"When reading the pieces in this fine selection of Veblen's writings it comes as a major surprise how intellectually stimulating Veblen is to the present day. Camic and Hodgson deserve praise for laying out before our eyes the enormous scope of Veblen's thought. Readers will find this selection an excellent guide to Veblen's legacy for economics and social sciences more broadly."
Professor Ulrich Witt, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany
