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Derrida's Debt To Milton Friedman, Michael Tratner

Literatures in English Faculty Research and Scholarship

This article draws on Derrida's account of economic history in Given Time I: Counterfeit Money to show that he is indebted to an economist he does not mention at all, Milton Friedman. Derrida calls for an investigation of the literary consequences of the "dematerialization of money" and proceeds to give his own version of this history by examining a Baudelaire story from 1864 and an economic treatise from 1925. Those texts may mark moments in economic history, but the dematerialization of money which Derrida sees in them is almost entirely a middle twentieth-century development, finalized in the demise of the …

Land Ordinances, Alexander J. Field

Economics

As European influence extended across the oceans, all regions of recent settlement faced the challenge of devising means for distributing, by sale, lease, or grant, lands originally held or used by aboriginal populations, and at the same time defining the political relationship between the frontier and the existing states. One of the most sweeping instances of legislation addressing this issue took place in the early years of the United States where, in exchange for the cession of claims on western lands by the original thirteen states, the federal government under the Articles of Confederation agreed to convert the public domain …

Denying Human Homogeneity: Eugenics & Making Of Post-Classical Economics, Sandra J. Peart, David M. Levy

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

The question we propose to address is how did economics move from the classical period characterized by the hardest possible doctrine of initial human homogeneity—all the observed differences among people arise from incentives, luck, and history¹—to become comfortable with accounts of human behavior which alleged foundational differences among and within races of people? (Darity 1995) In this paper, we shall argue that early British eugenics thinkers racialized economics in the post-classical period.²

New Stock Market Paper, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Godley, W., & Levy, J. (2003, March). Short-term interest rates [Page from report with chart]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Sarich, J., & Hecht, J. (2003, September). Classical competition and international equity returns: The financial-profitability nexus [Paper for the Economics for the Future Conference, with handwritten annotations by Shaikh]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (2003, October 13). Comments on the Sarich and Hecht paper [Handwritten notes]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (2003, February). Quarterly (Ravi): Interpolating data [Handwritten notes]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (2003, February 20). Real stock return [Two charts]. Unpublished manuscript.

• NIPA tables. (n.d.). Unpublished manuscript. …

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Slavery, Economics And Constitutional Ideals, Edward L. Ayers

History Faculty Publications

As we think about endings, however, it is also useful to think about beginnings. That is what President Abraham Lincoln did in his Second Inaugural Address, delivered just five weeks before the surrender at Appomattox and his own assassination soon thereafter. All knew, he said reflecting sadly and thoughtfully on how the Civil War came about, that slavery was, "somehow," the cause. In fact, "somehow," however, lay puzzles, contradictions, and questions. The connections between slavery and the Civil War have concerned Americans ever since the events at Appomattox.

Turning Points In Business Cycles, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

Ayres, L. P. (1939). Turning points in business cycles [Excerpt; photocopy with handwritten notes by Anwar Shaikh, PhD]. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

A History Of Money (Glyn Davies), Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Davies, G. (2002). A history of money: from ancient times to the present day (Monograph excerpts). University of Wales Press. Julian Hodge Bank Limited.
• Sargent, T. J., & Velde, F. R. (1999). The big problem of small change. Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, The Ohio State University Press.
• Davies, R., & Davies, G. (1999). A comparative chronology of money: monetary history from ancient times to the present day (Digital timeline printouts). University of Wales Press.
• Shaikh, A. (2002). Money, credit, and banking lecture folder notes (Handwritten folder notes). Anwar Shaikh Papers. Collection of research …

Money, Credit, And Banking In Colonial And Postcolonial West Africa, Akanmu G. Adebayo

Faculty Articles

Scholarship in African economic history has been dominated by a wave of revisionism lately. The degree of African indebtedness, the imperatives of loan repayment, and the long-term implications of ongoing political and economic changes, all make such a revision exigent indeed. Focusing on the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria, this paper produces new evidence to reinterpret and redefine African precolonial financial institutions. The paper has two main parts. Part 1 focuses on the introduction of cowrie currency into Yorubaland and its impact on social stratification. Part 2 examines ajo, the savings institution, esusu, the rotating savings and credit associations (roscas), and …

History Of Money, Davies, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Davies, G. (2002). A history of money: from ancient times to the present day folder notes (Handwritten folder notes). Anwar Shaikh Papers. Collection of reading notes on monetary history.
• Davies, G. (2002). A history of money: from ancient times to the present day (Monograph excerpts). University of Wales Press. Julian Hodge Bank Limited.

Pendudukan Dan Pentadbiran Jepun Di Melaka (1942-45) / Md. Azman Bin Abdullah., Md. Azman Abdullah

Student Works (2000-2009)

The ssertation as suggested by it!I tittle, which lrarn1latcd became "'ll1c Japanese Settlement and Management in Malacca (1942 - 1945), mainly focusing the roles played by the Japanese annica during their settlement in Malacca. 1bis dissertation emphasis on, when Ute Japanese began to enter Malaya and their involvement in ruling the Malay State including Singapore. However, this Dissertation focus more in Malacca as suggested by the title. In this dissertation there ore few issues that will be given emphasis on, covering the political ,social and economics is11uci1. 'The Japanese administration in Malacca faced many problems that the local societies had …

[Introduction To] Saving Adam Smith: A Tale Of Wealth, Transformation, And Virtue, Jonathan B. Wight

Bookshelf

Every once in a while a great business novel is published. This is one of those novels. Follow an up-and-coming graduate student on a picturesque adventure involving terroristics and love, and learn, or better yet, re-learn, correctly this time, a little economics.

Surabaya, City Of Work: A Socioeconomic History, 1900–2000, Howard Dick

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

Surabaya is Indonesia’s second largest city but is not well known to the outside world. Yet in 1900, Surabaya was a bigger city than Jakarta and one of the main commercial centers of Asia. Collapse of sugar exports during the 1930s depression, followed by the Japanese occupation, revolution, and independence, brought on a long period of stagnation and retreat from the international economy. Not until the export boom of the 1990s did Surabaya regain prominence as Southeast Asia’s leading non–capital–city industrial area. Previous thinking on Indonesia is being reassessed in light of recent political and economic upheaval. Surabaya, City of …

Dynamic Interactions Among Stock Prices, Interest Rates, Real Activity And Money In Malaysia, Chin Sieng Chong

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study investigates the causal relations and dynamic interactions among stock prices, real interest rate, real money balances and real activity in Malaysia using monthly data from January 1987 to December 2001. This full sample period is also divided into two sub-periods for analysis. The first sub-period covers January 1987 to August 1998 while the second sub-period covers September 1998 to December 2001. The conventional unit root tests suggest that all variables are integrated of order one. This finding is further supported by the results of the unit root test which allows for a structural break in the series. All …

Bank Consolidation As A Strategic Response To The Banking Crisis : An Analysis Of The Choice Of Anchor Banks, Talagavathi R. Karapayah

Student Works (2000-2009)

The financial crisis of 1997 and the result1ng effects showed the weaknesses and vulnerability of the Malaysian banking system. In addition, impending globalization and liberalization of the financial sector has increased the urgency to strengthen the banking sector. Strengthening of the banking sector was to be realized by the merger of banking institutions under 10 anchor banks. The decision to consolidate the banking industry under 10 anchor banks was a necessary decision but the reasons for the choice of these 10 banks were not explained. This paper looked at some of the possible reasons for the selection of the particular …

The American Militia And The Origin Of Conscription: A Reassessment, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Indivisibility Of Economic And Political Rights, Linda M. Keller

Human Rights & Human Welfare

A review of:

Development as Freedom by Amartya Sen. New York: Knopf , 1999 (Paperback Edition: Random House, 2000). 366pp.

Money Versus Morality: The Failure Of The Joint Boycott Council And The Anti-Nazi Boycott Movement In The United States, Michelle D. Ward

History Theses & Dissertations

The Nazis' wise to power elicited responses from a multitude of Jewish and non- Jewish organizations around the world. Like their respective counterparts, American Jewry adopted a variety of strategies both in the United States and abroad to combat Nazism. The purpose of this study is to examine the boycott movement instituted by the Joint Boycott Council. Although the boycott had a limited short-term effect on the German economy, it failed in its overall goals. It never contributed to an economic collapse in Germany or forced the Nazis to turn away from discriminatory practices and decrees targeting Jews and other …

Albuquerque Hours And Earnings Estimates - 2001, New Mexico Department Of Labor

Historic Publications

This publication presents historical hours and earnings data for manufacturing workers in the Albuquerque metropolitan area, including average weekly earnings, hours worked, and hourly wages from 1960 through 2000. Compiled by the New Mexico Department of Labor in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, it serves as a resource for analyzing long-term labor market and wage trends in the region.

A Little Adam Smith Is A Dangerous Thing, Jonathan B. Wight

Economics Faculty Publications

Adam Smith was trying to counter medieval church theology, which held that any self-interested behavior was sinful and detrimental. Smith countered that self-interest could yield valuable outcomes for society as people pursued specialization and market trade. Much later these quotes would be used to justify the greedy and grasping personae of homo economicus, illustrating how a little Adam Smith can prove to be a dangerous thing. For example, Max Lerner in 1937 would say that Adam Smith "sanctified predatory impulses" and "gave a new dignity to greed." By the 1980s the movie Wall Street has the financial tycoon Gordon …

Money, Notes And Readings, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Tagliabue, J. (2001, January 30). A legal tender of one’s own: Foe of Italy’s central bank issues money in village. The New York Times, p. W2. A duplicate clipping of this same article also appears separately within the collection.
• Shaikh, A. (1983, December). Money and the circulation of aggregate commodity capital [Unpublished manuscript]. Author: Anwar Shaikh, PhD.
• Shaikh, A. (2001, October 3). Eco 104 (historical foundations I): Adam Smith [Unpublished lecture notes]. Author: Anwar Shaikh, PhD.
• Hicks, J. (1989). A market theory of money. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Reproduced excerpt includes handwritten annotations credited to Anwar Shaikh, PhD. …

Nyu Talk Long Term Patterns Structure & Order, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (n.d.). NYU talk: Long-term patterns, structure, and order (see folder, Eco 204, introd.) [Handwritten cover note]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (2001, March 1). NYU talk (Ruria’s class) [Handwritten notes]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1995, May 15). Woodstock talk [Typed notes]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (2001, April 25). Recurrence & theory of uneven development [Handwritten notes]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Mejorado, A. (2001, October 29). Lecture at NYU [Email communication]. Personal communication.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (n.d.). Non-farm productivity and real compensation per hour [Graph]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (n.d.). U.S. investment index, fixed …

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Dotcoms: Evolution Or Revolution?, Rishikesha T Krishnan, D Sampath

IIMB Management Review

The young dotcom turks, consultants, venture capitalist academic experts, HR, and media professionals who debated on the dotcom phenomenon were Ravi Anshuman. Assistant Professor; Finance & Control, IIMB; Akhil Awasthi, Vice President, Baring Private Equity Partners; Jagadish N Bapat, Director HR, LG Soft India; Simon Bell, Principal, and Rahul Chadha, A T Kearney; Somnath Chowdhury, Editor; IT Space.com; Ajith Isaac, CEO, go4careers .com; Praveen Kanipakkam, President, Sharp Software; Nitin Karve, Partner in-Charge, KPMG, Bangalore; Arun Korati, Associate Vice President and Deepa Sankaran, Manager~ IL & FS Venture Corporation.; V S Sudhakar; CEO, FABMART; Dvvijendra Tripathi, business historian and former Professor …

Northeast Ohio’S Regional Economy: An Assessment Of The Economic State Of The Region And Its Political Challenges, Edward W. Hill

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

No abstract provided.

Albuquerque Employee Benefits Survey - 2000, New Mexico Department Of Labor, Elisa Walker-Moran

Historic Publications

This report summarizes the results of a 2000 survey of Albuquerque employers, examining employee benefits such as paid leave, health insurance, retirement plans, family benefits, education and training assistance, flexible work schedules, and compensation practices. The study provides detailed benchmarks on workplace benefits and benefit costs among private-sector employers in Albuquerque, offering insight into prevailing employment practices at the start of the twenty-first century.

Can Futures Markets Quell Money Market Volatility? A Look At Us Money Markets Before And Since Commodities Futures Contracts, Joseph Santos

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

This paper offers the introduction of futures markets, and the resulting substitution away from consignment contracts around 1874, as the reason why early US money markets are relatively more volatile, and far less seasonal, than their post-1874 counterparts. Until 1874, movements in interest rates were erratic and financial instabilities imparted relatively large shocks to money markets, particularly in the autumn months. After 1874, the effects of financial instabilities on interest rates diminished and the regularization of seasonal movements was attained. The paper demonstrates the plausibility of this claim using the standard mean-variance framework of the spot price volatility literature, where …

Warren County - New Deal Programs (Mss 129), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 129. Administrative files, chiefly applications and correspondence of the Warren County [Kentucky] Relief Committee, a local branch of the Federal Emergency Relief Agency (FERA), which approved families for assistance and referred them to various relief agencies.

Brenner Article, Anwar Shaikh Phd

Archives of Anwar Shaikh

This collection includes:

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (2000, June 25). Brenner article and HM [Handwritten notes detailing tracking corrections for figures and tables]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Shaikh, A., PhD. (1999, August; revised 2000, July 10). Figures and tables for Brenner paper [Document containing tables and graphs]. Unpublished manuscript.

• Felipe, J. (2000, June 16). Profit rates, capacity utilization, and classical growth dynamics [Email communication]. Personal communication.

• Bircham, E. (2000, July 15). Publication questions for Historical Materialism, including references, tables, and figures [Email communication]. Personal communication.

• Bircham, E. (2000, July 10). Formatting issues with a table and text in Word [Email communication]. Personal communication. …

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The Great Transition: The Dynamics Of Market Transitions And The Case Of Russia, 1991-1995, Jeffrey K. Hass

Sociology and Anthropology Faculty Publications

The market transition in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union brings us back to essential issues that Marx and Weber addressed: the genesis of capitalism and the process of economic change. What is the transition and what does it involve - restructuring incentives, creating new laws, learning new culture, or creating new power structures? The answer partially depends on the particular transition (initial conditions, targets, actors' perceptions); but necessary general frameworks remain elusive, and current economic policies and analyses reveal that we understand little more about economic change than a century ago. Recent works on market transitions have furthered …

William The Liberator, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Pamela J. Stewart And Andrew Strathern's Review Of D. C. Lewis's The Plantation Dream: Developing British New Guinea And Papua, 1884–1942, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.