Research in the history of economic thought and methodology Documents on government and the economy [electronic resource] / edited by Marianne Johnson.

Introduction / Marianne Johnson -- Economic liberals as quasi-public intellectuals : the democratic dimension / David M. Levy, Sandra J. Peart, Margaret Albert -- Property as a function of politics : a work on property and politics, apparently authored by Heinrich von Treitschke / Warren J. Samuels -- Introduction to notes from Warren J. Samuels's course on the economic role of government / Marianne Johnson, Martin E. Meder, David Schweikhardt -- Notes from Warren J. Samuels's 1996 course on the economic role of government / Marianne Johnson, Martin E. Meder -- Notes from Warren J. Samuels's 1999 course on the economic role of government / Brady J. Deaton, David Schweikhardt, James Sterns, Patricia Aust Sterns.

This volume includes archival documents and essays exploring the inter-relationship between the government and the economy. In the first piece, Levy, Peart, and Albert examine the one-sided controversy generated by Rose Wilder Lane and V. Orval Watts against a new generation of Keynes-influenced textbooks which focused on governmental policy and the scope of government activity. In addition to their essay, Levy et al. include significant and interesting historical documents as part of the story. The second piece, by Warren J. Samuels, examines Heinrich von Treitschkes view on property as a function of politics using archival documents. The last three pieces include a detailed examination of Warren J. Samuelss views on the economic role of government, based on his course notes in the area. Two sets of notes are published in addition to the introductory essay.