Research in the history of economic thought and methodology: A Research Annual -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Editorial board -- Acknowledgments -- Western economic advisers in China, 1900-1949 -- Some context -- Monetary advisers: J.W. Jenks -- Henry Carter Adams and China's railroads -- Other advisers in the early republic -- The Kemmerer commission, 1929 -- League of nations advisers -- Other league activities -- The silver crisis of 1934-1935 -- James Harvey Rogers -- War with Japan -- Lauchlin Currie -- Summary and overview -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Private Papers -- Monsignor John Ryan on the ethics and economics of minimum wage legislation -- A brief overview of progressive era minimum wage legislation in the United States -- The origins of Monsignor John A. Ryan's ideas on social reform and minimum wage legislation -- Monsignor John A. Ryan and the ethics of a living wage -- Ryan's critique of the ''liberty of contract'' doctrine -- The living wage: A ''personal living wage'' or a ''family living wage''? -- Ryan on the economics of wage determination and minimum wage legislation -- Ryan on the economics of contemporary labor markets -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- History of economics and history of science: A comparative look at recent work in both fields -- The authors -- A simple framework to guide our comparison -- Ideas harr people -- People -- Practices harr people -- Is the history of economics drawing closer to the history of science? -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Appendix A. Best book award winners -- Appendix B. Best article award winners -- Part I: Symposium on Clément Juglar -- Chapter 1. Clément Juglar on commercial crises: the dictionary articles -- Crises Commerciales: The 1863/1873 Article(s) -- Crises commerciales: the 1891 article.

Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 2. Commercial crises (1863/1873) -- Causes of crises -- On discounts -- Circulation of banknotes -- Deposits and various current accounts32 -- The advances by the banks on government securities, railroad stocks, and bonds -- Duration and liquidation of crises -- Former opinions on crises41 -- Political causes of crises -- Monetary crises -- Opinions of the main economists -- Notes -- Chapter 3. Commercial crises (1891) -- 1. Outline of a crisis: Three periods -- 2. Definition of a crisis -- causes of crises -- 3. Mechanism of crises -- 4. Relationship of crises with the wealth of countries -- 5. Influence of crises on the economic state of societies: How to observe it and measure it -- 6. Bibliography12 -- Notes -- Chapter 4. ''Periodic crises'': Clément Juglar between theories of crises and theories of business cycles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Juglar's views on periodic crises -- 3. Crises and cycles at Juglar's time -- 4. Cycles or recurring crises? -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- References with asterisk indicate attribution of anonymous or initialled writings. -- Part II: Review Essays -- Chapter 5. Hume's philosophical political economy -- Chapter 6. Worlds apart? -- Note -- References -- Chapter 7. Friedrich Engels resuscitated -- References -- Chapter 8. Two schools, one thesis, still no clear answer -- References -- Chapter 9. The living wage and the history of economics -- Stabile's lessons -- The missing audience -- Note -- References -- Chapter 10. Spontaneous order and the limits of reason and tradition -- References -- Chapter 11. Austrian economics meets comparative institutional analysis by way of Frank Knight -- Subjectivism makes a difference -- Knightian uncertainty makes a difference.

Comparative institutional analysis makes a difference -- Does Yu make a difference? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 12. Historical perspective and the role of entrepreneurship in austrian economics -- Summary of content -- Analysis and evaluation -- References -- Chapter 13. A defense of ethical economics -- A critique of ethicists -- A critique of theologians -- A critique of economists -- Heyne's return to Adam Smith -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 14. Causal pluralism and the limits of causal analysis -- The variety of causal concepts and their uses -- Production- versus Strategy-Causation: A Misattribution -- The missed opportunity -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 15. Swinging to and fro: Government and market, pigou and coase -- Managing self-interest -- Coase and Pigou -- References -- Chapter 16. Antitrust law & policy in terms of the legal-economic nexus -- Brief review of the essays in sections I & II -- A brief history of recent antitrust thinking -- The legal-economic nexus within antitrust -- Notes -- Acknowledgment -- References.