Genesis of the American Economic Association

Summary:
On Marginal Revolution, Alex Tabarrok discusses the radicalism of the early American Economic Association (founded 1885) and its co-founder, Richard T. Ely. Prominent economists at the time rejected the marginalist principle, held socialist and racist views and supported eugenics.

Topics:
Dirk Niepelt considers the following as important: American Economic Association, Eugenics, Notes, Racism, Richard T. Ely, Socialism

This could be interesting, too:

Dirk Niepelt writes Does the US Administration Prohibit the Use of Reserves?

Dirk Niepelt writes “Report by the Parliamentary Investigation Committee on the Conduct of the Authorities in the Context of the Emergency Takeover of Credit Suisse”

Dirk Niepelt writes “Governments are bigger than ever. They are also more useless”

Dirk Niepelt writes The New Keynesian Model and Reality