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Econ agonistes: navigating and surviving the publishing process
INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Let me begin this article with a brief summary of my qualifications. During my career, I have refereed nearly 300...
American Economist, 09/22/08 by Steven Pressman · More from publication -
Nicholas Kaldor and cumulative causation: public policy implications
This paper shows how cumulative causation supports Kaldor's main policy proposals. Kaldor advocated an expenditure tax to encourage savings, which...
Journal of Economic Issues, 06/01/08 by Steven Pressman · More from publication -
Three Million Americans Are Debt Poor
Signs of the debt crisis facing a growing number of U.S. households are not hard to find. The subprime lending debacle, with its mushrooming rates...
Dollars & Sense, 07/01/07 by Pressman, Steven; Scott, Robert · More from publication -
The decline of the middle class: an international perspective
A large and vibrant middle class is important to every nation. It contributes to economic growth, as well as to social and political stability. A...
Journal of Economic Issues, 03/01/07 by Steven Pressman · More from publication -
Kahneman, Tversky, and institutional economics
For institutionalists, behavior depends on the habits, routines, and customs of economic actors. Habits, routines, and customs are how actors make...
Journal of Economic Issues, 06/01/06 by Steven Pressman · More from publication -
John Laurent , Evolutionary Economics and Human Nature
John Laurent (ed.), Evolutionary Economics and Human Nature. Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar. 2003. xiii + 220 pp. ISBN 1...
History of Economics Review, 06/22/03 by Steven Pressman · More from publication -
Feminist explanations for the feminization of poverty
It is well known that women are much more likely to be poor than men. This is true in the United States (Pearce 1978; Pressman 1988) and in most...
Journal of Economic Issues, 06/01/03 by Steven Pressman · More from publication -
A Note on Money and the Circuit Approach
In a recent issue of this journal, Louis-Philippe Rochon (1999) compares three distinct approaches to money creation--the neoclassical view, the...
Journal of Economic Issues, 12/01/00 by Steven Pressman · More from publication -
On financial frauds and their causes: investor overconfidence - Special Invited Issue: Money, Trust, Speculation and Social Justice - Part 1: Trust, Confidence, and Crime
This paper examines two possible explanations for why investors are so often and so easily taken by the likes of Robert Bennett and his New Era...
American Journal of Economics and Sociology, The, 10/01/98 by Steven Pressman · More from publication -
Rogue Trader: I Brought Down Barings Bank and Shook the Financial World
The proximate cause of the Baring bankruptcy was that a futures trader, Nick Leeson, had purchased options contracts tied to the Japanese stock and...
Southern Economic Journal, 04/01/97 by Steven Pressman · More from publication
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