Published In

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2025

Subjects

Heterodox Economics, Charles Camic -- economics, Thorstein Veblen, Joseph Dorfman, Robert Heilbroner -- Original Institutional Economics

Abstract

Challenging Charles Camic’s perspective, this article argues that Thorstein Veblen’s time at the top amounted to about nineteen years; a fraction of his professional career. While drawing from and building upon challenges associable with a changing world which he faced – related to the ending of Laissez-faire and the rise of big business; the institutions initiated for prosecuting World War I; and the accompanying rise of the vested interests – Veblen’s writings effectively and propitiously provided a solid foundation for an American school of heterodox thought known as Original Institutional Economics.

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DOI

10.1590/0101-31572025-3640

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/44046

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