White on “the Irish Factor” in Jevon’s Statistics: a Rebuttal

Hutchison, T. W.

doi:10.1080/10370196.1994.11733150

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“…In addition to women of child-bearing age seeking employment and to the lower working classes deciding how much to save, when to marry, and how much to spend on drink, Jevons also expressed doubt about the decisions made by the Irish, an aspect of his thought that has been the subject of excited polemics (Hutchison 1994a(Hutchison , 1994bWhite 1993White , 1994a. Irving Fisher ([1907] 1997, [1930] 1997) followed John Rae ([1834] 1965) in his treatment of social and cultural influences on provision for the future and dedicated both The Rate of Interest (1907) and The Theory of Interest (1930) to "John Rae, who laid the foundations upon which I have endeavored to build" (jointly with Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk in the latter case).…”

Section: American Journal Of Economics and Sociologymentioning

confidence: 97%

Economists and the Shadow of “The Other” Before 1914

Dimand¹

2005

American J Econ Sociol

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This paper examines how economists from David Hume to Irving Fisher have struggled with the applicability of their analyses to those who differed from them in gender, ethnicity, class, or race. Particular attention is paid to how Fisher's discussion of racial and ethnic differences in capital accumulation and time preference changed between The Rate of Interest (1907) and The Theory of Interest (1930), and how it drew on earlier work by John Rae (to whom Fisher dedicated both those books).

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Section: American Journal Of Economics and Sociologymentioning

confidence: 97%