Paul Mattick, Jr. reviews The Origin of Economic Ideas by Guy Routh for Root & Branch issue #6 published in 1978. Root & Branch was a libertarian socialist journal in the U.S. In writing this book Guy ...

The study of the History of Economic Thought traces the evolution of economic ideas across centuries, from classical analyses of market dynamics and moral philosophy to contemporary methodological ...

Danielle Dreilinger's "The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live" is a fascinating history of the field and of the ...

Words and ideas, like products and services, are constantly changing and being reborn. The textbook definition of modern economics is the scientific study of the allocation of scarce resources among ...

What do you picture when you hear the phrase “home economics?” Do you think of a high school classroom full of sewing machines, pots and pans, mops and brooms — in other words, a vestige of our sexist ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Virginia Postrel THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOME ECONOMICS How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power ...