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Warren J. Samuels Has Been A Prominent Figure In The Study Of Economics In The Twentieth Century. This Book Brings Together Essays By Leading Scholars In The Areas Of Economics In Which Samuels Has Made His Most Important Contributions: The History Of Economic Thought, Economic Methodology, And Institutional And Post-keynesian Economics. This Work Is Designed To Give The Reader A Sense Of The Breadth And Possibilities Of Economics. The Essays, All Published Here For The First Time, Investigate Issues Such As:the Institutional Structures That Shape Economic Activity And Pe Cover; Economics Broadly Considered: Essays In Honor Of Warren J.samuels; Copyright; Contents; Figures And Tables; Contributors; Introduction: Economics Broadly Considered: A Glance At Warren J.samuels' Contributions To Economics; Part I The History Of Economic Thought; 1 The Training Of The Economist In Antiquity: The Mirror For Princes Tradition In Alcibiades Major And Aquinas' On Kingship; 2 A Quintessential (ahistorical) Tableau Économique: To Sum Up Pre- And Post-smith Classical Paradigms; 3 Frank Knight As An Institutional Economist 4 From Divergence To Convergence: Irving Fisher And John R.commons As Champions Of Monetary Reforms5 E.h.chamberlin: Oligopoly And Oligopolistic Interdependence: The Issue Of Space; 6 Two Phases Of Kuznets's Interest In Schumpeter; 7 The Aea And The Radical Challenge To American Social Science; Part Ii Aspects Of Economic Method; 8 On The Credentials Of Methodological Pluralism; 9 Some Practical Aspects Of Pluralism In Economics; 10 What Econometrics Can And Cannot Tell Us About Historical Actors: Brewing, Betting, And Rationality In London, 1822-44; Part Iii The Legal-economic Nexus 11 Putting The Political Back Into Political Economy12 Output Categories For A Comparative Institutional Approach To Law And Economics; 13 On The Changing Nature Of The Public Utility Concept: A Retrospective And Prospective Assessment; Part Iv Aspects Of Institutional And Post Keyne