Institutional Economics: Its Place in Political Economy, Volume 1

by Malcolm Rutherford

Commons opened Institutional Economics by declaring: "My point of view is based on my participation in collective activities, from which I here derive a theory of the part played by collective action in control of individual action." This sentence well summarizes the three key elements of this book--its theoretical intent, the importance Commons gave to his own experience in institutional reform in shaping these ideas, and the focus on the concept...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887387977
• ISBN13: 9780887387975
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 686 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"