The Role of the American Economic Association in Economic Education: A Brief History

1991 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 373 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Elton Hinshaw ◽  
John J. Siegfried
Keyword(s):  
Economic Education ◽  
American Economic Association ◽  
Economic Association

Women in the Early Years of the American Economic Association

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 671-702
Author(s):  
Ann Mari May ◽  
Robert W. Dimand
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Home Economics ◽  
Early Years ◽  
American Economic Association ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
Early Essay ◽  
Social Causes

We use the archives of the American Economic Association to examine the participation of women in the association from its foundation in 1885 to the Great Depression. Women participated actively in the formation of the association, contributed several monographs to its early publications, and won some of its early essay competitions. We find that the membership drives of 1900–1902 (aimed at academics and businessmen) and of 1909–13 (aimed at lawyers, bankers, and businessmen) neglected women interested in social causes and home economics as potential members. Together with the abolition of local branches, these first two membership drives diluted the role of women in the association. In contrast, the membership drive of 1922–26 reflected a growing interest in graduate students and young instructors that somewhat increased the proportion of women among members.

The role of financial policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 446-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger E.A. Farmer
Keyword(s):  
Financial Markets ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Presidential Address ◽  
Central Banking ◽  
Financial Policy ◽  
American Economic Association ◽  
General Equilibrium Theory ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
Monetary Rules

I review the contribution and influence of Milton Friedman's 1968 presidential address to the American Economic Association. I argue that Friedman's influence on the practice of central banking was profound and that his arguments in favour of monetary rules were responsible for 30 years of low and stable inflation in the period from 1979 through 2009. I present a critique of Friedman's position that market economies are self-stabilizing and I describe an alternative reconciliation of Keynesian economics with Walrasian general equilibrium theory from that which is widely accepted today by most neoclassical economists. My interpretation implies that government should intervene actively in financial markets to stabilize economic activity.

scholarly journals Reflections of 25 Years of CSWEP: Resolution Adopted by the American Economic Association on December 29, 1971

1998 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 175-176
Keyword(s):  
American Economic Association ◽  
25Th Anniversary ◽  
Milton Friedman ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
Economics Profession ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Of Women

The Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. Here, we republish the text of the resolution that created CSWEP, along with comments on the role of CSWEP in the economics profession from Robin L. Bartlett, Barbara R. Bergmann, Carolyn Shaw Bell, and Milton Friedman.

‘Institution’ by Walton H. Hamilton

2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEOFFREY M. HODGSON
Keyword(s):  
Annual Meeting ◽  
Interwar Period ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
American Economic Association ◽  
Thorstein Veblen ◽  
Economic Association

After Thorstein Veblen, Wesley Mitchell, and John R. Commons, Walton H. Hamilton (1881–1958) was one of the leading figures in American institutional economics in the interwar period (Rutherford, 2000, 2001, 2003). Indeed, Hamilton (1916: 863 n.) originally coined the very term ‘institutional economics’. He announced its existence and defined its essential outlook at the annual meeting of the American Economic Association in December 1918 (Hamilton, 1919). Institutional economics then emerged in America as a broad movement, attracting support from a large number of leading economists. Significantly, ‘Hamilton should be credited with having played the role of chief promoter’ (Dorfman, 1974: 28).

scholarly journals Matthew Gentzkow, Winner of the 2014 Clark Medal

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei Shleifer
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Industrial Organization ◽  
Digital Environment ◽  
American Economic Association ◽  
Empirical Industrial Organization ◽  
Economic Association ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
The Media ◽  
The University

The 2014 John Bates Clark Medal of the American Economic Association was awarded to Matthew Gentzkow of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. The citation recognized Matt's “fundamental contributions to our understanding of the economic forces driving the creation of media products, the changing nature and role of media in the digital environment, and the effect of media on education and civic engagement.” In addition to his work on the media, Matt has made a number of significant contributions to empirical industrial organization more broadly, as well as to applied economic theory. In this essay, I highlight some of these contributions.

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