Re: Joan Robinson question

2003-11-02 Thread Michael Perelman
I doubt that she would read Commons. I am guessing that the capital controversy is the CC controversy. She traces the controversy to Wicksell, and even more directly to Sraffa, who I doubt read Commons. On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 08:15:26PM -0800, Eubulides wrote: Does anyone on the list know if

Re: Joan Robinson question

2003-11-02 Thread Eugene Coyle
I don't know the answer to the question. But Keynes and Commons carried on a correspondence, so there would have been a possible connection to Joan Robinson. Gene Coyle Michael Perelman wrote: I doubt that she would read Commons. I am guessing that the capital controversy is the CC

Joan Robinson question

2003-11-01 Thread Eubulides
Does anyone on the list know if JR read John Commons Legal Foundations of Capitalism? I'm re-reading Morton Horwitz' The Transformation of American Law: 1870-1960 and seeing intimations of the CC controversy in US court cases from the 20's and am wondering if I'm hallucinating