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Giblin: The Scholar and the Man. Edited by Douglas Copland.
The Political Economy of Independent Malaya: A Case-study in Development. Edited by T. H. Silcock and E. K. Fisk.
The Rush That Never Ended. By G. Blainey.
Competition and Monopoly in the British Soap Industry. By H. R. Edwards.     

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The Elder Smith Goldshrough Mort Merger. By G. A. M anning
Science, Technology and the Australian Economy. By D. M. L ambeeton
The Political Economy of Independent Fiji. By E. K. F isk
The Economic Development of Thai Agriculture. By T. H. S ilcock
Economic Progress and Policy in Developing Countries. By A. M addison
Profits in the Economy. By J. K ucztnski
Urban Development in Britain: Standards, Costs and Resources 1964–2004: Volume 1, Population Trends and Housing. By P. A. S tone
The Great Debasement: Currency and the Economy in Mid-Tudor England. By J. D. G ould
Gaps in Technology: Analytical Report
Needs in Specialist Personnel for the Preparation and Evaluation of Investment Projects
Commonwealth or Europe. By G. St. J. B arclay
The Economics of the Common Market. By D. S wann
Modern Economic Organization. By R. E. L ow     

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Economic Activity. By G. C. H arcourt , P. H. K armel and R. H. W allace .
Economies of Irrigation. By C. C lark .
Australia's North-West. By A. K err .
Consumption in New Zealand 1954-5 to 1964-5. By B. H. E aston .
New Guinea on the Threshold. Aspects of Social, Political and Economic Development. Edited by B. K. F isk .
Fiscal Policy Models of the British Economy. By E. T. B alopoulos .     

Short Reviews

R ichard S aville (ed.), The Economic Development of Modern Scotland 1950-1980, Edinburgh.
M ichael B eenstock and Associates, Work, Welfare and Taxation: A Study of Labour Supply Incentives in the UK;
China's Political Economy: The Quest for Development since 1949
P eter E arl , Lifestyle Economics: Consumer Behaviour in a Turbulent World, Brighton     

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Applied Statistics for Economists. By P. H. K armel
The Australian Trading Banks. By H. W. A rndt
Broadcasting in Australia. By I an K. M ackay
Legislative, Executive and Judicial Powers in Australia. By W. A nstey W ynes.
Outline of Monetary Economics. By A. C. L. D ay
Essays in the Theory of Economic Growth. By E vsey D. D omar
Taxes, Tariffs & Subsidies. By J. H arvey P erry
Economic Policy: Principles and Design. By J. T inbergen
The United States Capital Position and the Structure of its Foreign Trade. By M. A. D iab
Trade and Market in the Early Empires. Edited by K arl , P olanyi , C onrad M. A rensberg and H arry W. P earson
United States Imports and World Trade. By H enry G. A ubrey
Progress in Nuclear Energy, Series VIII: The Economics of Nuclear Power including Administration and Law. Volume I. Edited by J. G ueron , J. A. L ane , I. R. M axwell and J. R. M enke
Multiple-Purpose River Basin Development. Part 2B. Water Resource Development in Burma, India and Pakistan.
Progress in Land Reform. Second Report.
Political Economy. Issued by the Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.     

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The New Zealand Macroeconomy: A Briefing On The Reforms , edited by P. Dalziel and R. Lattimore
The Korean Economy , by Hyung-Koo Lee
The Political Economy of Public Administration: Institutional Choice in the Public Sector , by Murray J. Horn
Firms, Markets and Economic Change: A Dynamic Theory of Business Institutions , by Richard Langlois and Paul Robertson
Evaluating Policy Advice: Learning from Commonwealth Experience , edited by John Uhr and Keith Mackay
Methods of Macroeconomic Dynamics , by Stephen J. Tumovsky
Foundations of International Macroeconomics , by Maurice Obstfeld and Kenneth Rogoff
Advanced Macroeconomics , by David Romer
Handbook of Development Economics: Volumes 3A and 3B , edited by Jere Behrman and T.N. Srinivasan
Unlocking the Infrastructure, The Reform of Public Utilities in Australia , by Stephen King and Rodney Maddock
Privatization, Deregulation and the Macroeconomy , by Peter A.G. van Bergeijk and Robert C.G. Haffner     

REVIEWS

The International Labor Code, 1939
Economics for Commerce. By J. K. Gifford
Publc Investment and the Trade Cycle in Great Britain. By R. F. Bretherton, F. A. Burchardt and R. S. G. rutherford
Distribution Costs-An International Digest. By Malcolm P. McNair and Stanley F. Teele
Cambridge History of the British Empire
The Problems of Modern Government. Edited by R. MacGregor Dawson
World Economy Survey, 1939-40. Economic Intelligence Service
Soviet Economy and the War. By Maurice Dobb London, George Routledge
First Annual Report of the Federal Security Administrator
Cash Benefits under voluntary Disability Insurance in the United States Federal Security Agency: Social Security Board
An Outline of Foreign Social Assurance and Assistance Laws Federal Security Agency: Social Security Board
An Introduction to Political Economy. By V. W. Bladen
The Rice Economy of Monsoon Asia. By V. D. Wickizer and M. K. Bannett
The I.L.O. and Reconstruction
Federal Resrve Charts on Industrial Production
The Theory of Incidence of Sales Taxation. By John F. Due King's
War Time Developments in Government Employer Worker Colaboration
Organization for Kentucky Local Tax Assessments
The Economics of Peace. By Sir Alfred Davidson Angus and Robertson
Banking Studies. By Members
Economics of W. S. Jevons, By E. W. Eckard     

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The Theory of Protection. By W. M. C orden .
People in Poverty. A Melbourne Survey. By R. F. H enderson , A. H arcourt , AND E. J. A. H arper .
Disclosure by Australian Companies. By R. W. G ibson .
Action for World Development. Volume 1: Rich and Poor Nations; Volume 2: Development Through Trade. By A ustralian C ouncil OF C hurches AND N ational C ommission ON J ustice AND P eace OP THE R oman C atholic C hurch .
The Growth and Control of World Population. By W. D. BOERIE.
The Structure and Operation of the Japanese Economy. By K. B ieda .
Australia: A Mixed Economy. By M. W illiams .
Samoan Village Economy. By B. L ockwood .
The Theory of Customs Unions: A General Equilibrium Analysis. By R. G. L ipset .
An Introduction to the Economics of Education. By M. BLAUG.
Indirect Taxation in Developing Economies: The Role and Structure of Customs Duties, Excises and Sales Taxes. By J ohn P. D ue .
The Euro-Dollar Market. By E. W. CLENDENNING.
Optimal Pricing and Investment in Electricity Supply. By K alph T urvey .
Induction, Growth and Trade. Essays in Honour of Sir Boy Harrod. Edited by "VV. A. ELTIS, M. FG. S cott AND J. N. W olfe .     

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Price Stability, Growth and Balance. By A. J. H agger .
Foreign Ownership and the Structure of Canadian Industry. By M. H. W atkins et al.
Growth, Profitability and Valuation: A Study of United Kingdom Quoted Companies. By A. S ingh , G. W hittington and H. T. B urley .
Non-Ricardian Political Economy: Five Neglected Contributions. By B. J. G ordon .
Structural Change and Growth in Capitalism. By P. L eon .
Obstacles to Development. By L. C urrie .136
Financing the Chinese Government Budget—Mainland China 1950–1959. By G. N. E ckland .
Principles of Economics. By R. B randis .139
The Economic Problem. By R. L. H eilbronner .     

An evolutionary contractarian view of primitive law: The institutions and incentives arising under customary Indian law

This research was supported by the Political Economy Research Center (PERC) in Bozeman, Montana, and this paper draws freely from and extends material reported in Customary Indian Law: Two Case Studies, which was written for PERC's project onProperty Rights, Constitutions, and Indian Economics. I wish to thank Terry Anderson for helpful comments.     

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Raw Materials and Pacific Economic Integration. Edited by Sir John Crawford and Saburo Okita
Growth, Trade and Structural Change in an Open Australian Economy. Edited by W. Kasper and T. G. Parry
OECD Studies in Resource Allocation. No. 1: Economic Implications of Pollution Control. A General Assessment
Essays in the Political Economy of Australian Capitalism. Edited by E. L. Wheelwright and K. Buckley     

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Government Management: Brief to the Incoming Government 1987, Volume II, Education Issues , New Zealand Treasury
Adaptation and Survival in Australian Agriculture , by PJ. Higgs
Land Degradation: Problems and Policies , edited by A. Chisholm and R. Dumsday
Selected Essays On Economic Planning , by M Kalecki, edited, translated and introduced by Jan Toporowski
Classical Economics , by Samuel Hollander
Production Distribution and Value: A Marxian Approach , by R. Dixon
Interest and Profit in the Theories of Value and Distribution , by Carlo Panico
No Paradise for Workers: Capitalism and the Common People in Australia 1788–1914 , by K. Buckley and T. Wheelwright
Economic Growth for Australia; Agenda for Action by PJ. Drake and J.P. Nicuwenhuysen
Domestic and International Banking , by M.K. Lewis and K.T. Davis
The Political Economy of International Monetary Interdependence , by K. Hamada
Rent Control , by R. Albon and D.C. Stafford
The Theory of Public Utility Pricing , by S.J. Brown and D.S. Sibley
Public Choice, Public Finance and the Public Policy , by D. Greenaway and G.K. Shaw
Refereed and Nonrefereed Economic Journals: A Guide to Publishing Opportunities , compiled by A. Carolyn Miller, and Victoria J. Punsalan with Kenneth G. Rohm     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Social Science Imperialists, edited by P. Kerr Controversies in Political Economy: Selected Essays of G. C. Harcourt, edited by O. F Handbook of International Economics, Volume II, edited by Ronald W. Jones and Peter B Handbook of Public Economics, edited by A. J. Auerbach and M. Feldstein The Aboriginal Economy in Town and Country, by E. K. Fisk Instrumental Variables, by Roger J. Bowden and Darrell A. Turkington Ethics and Economics, edited by Ellen Paul, Fred Miller and Jeffrey Paul Foundations of Economics: Structure of Inquiry and Economic Theory, edited by Mauro Baranzini and Roberto Scazzieri Social Goals and Social Organization: Essays in Memory ofElisha Pazner, edited by L. Hurwicz, D. Schmeidler and H. Sonnenschein Innocence and Design: The Influence of Economic Ideas on Policy- The 1985 Reith Lectures, by David Henderson The Flying Kangaroo–an Endangered Species?, by Christopher C. Findlay Trade and Structural Change, by Leslie Stein Federalism and Resource Development: The Australian Case, edited by P. Drysdale and H. Shibata Australia's Financial Institutions and Markets, edited by M. K. Lewis and R. H. Wallace Export Oriented Industrialisation: The ASEAN Experience by Mohamed Ariff and Hal Hill     

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Asset Markets, Exchange Rates, and Economic Integration:A Synthesis, by P. Allen and P. Kenen
Population, Immigration and the Australian Economy, by Peter J. Brain, Rhonda L. Smith and Gerard P. Schuyers
Theory of International Trade:A Dual General Equilibrium Approach by A. K. Dixit and V. Norman
The Natural Rubber Industry:Its Development, Technology and Economy in Malaysia, by Colin Barlow     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Philipp Maier, Political Pressure, Rhetoric and Monetary Policy
Stuart Jones (ed.), The Decline of the South African Economy
Paul Strathern, Dr Strangelove's Game. A Brief History of Economic Genius
James R. Markusen, Multinational Firms and the Theory of International Trade
Kyle Bagwell and Robert W. Staiger, The Economics of the World Trading System
George Symeonidis, The Effects of Competition: Cartel Policy and the Evolution of Strategy and Structure in British Industry
Colin Rose and Murray D. Smith, Mathematical Statistics with Mathematica
Philip Mirowski, Machine Dreams: Economics becomes a Cyborg Science
Robert Gilpin, Global Political Economy: Understanding the International Economic Order     

Pre-disciplinary and Post-disciplinary Perspectives

David Kang, Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines (Cambridge University Press, 2002)

Vivek Chibber, Locked In Place: State-Building and Late Industrialization in India (Princeton University Press, 2003)

Yongping Wu, A Political Explanation of Economic Growth: State Survival, Bureaucratic Politics, and Private Enterprises in the Making of Taiwan's Economy, 1950–1985 (Harvard University Press, 2005)     

REVIEWS

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The Welfare State in New Zealand. By J". B. C ondliffe .
Portrait of a Modern Mixed Economy: New Zealand. By C. W eststrate .
Housing Finance in Australia 1945–1956. By M. R. H ill .
Social Structure and Personality in the Factory. By P aul L afitte .
The Development of Australian Trade Union Law. By J. H. PORTUS.
Public Administration in Australia. Edited by R. N. SPANN.
Fiscal Policy and Politics. By PAUL J. STBATER.
Possibilities of Economic Progress. By A. J. YOUNGSON.
Canada's Economic Development 1867–1953 (Wealth and Income Series VII). By O. J. F irestone .
Indian Economy Since Independence. By H. V enkatasubbiah .
Three Essays on the International Economics of Communist China. Edited by C. F. REMER.
Economic Survey of Europe in 1958. By T he R esearch AND P lanning D ivision of the E conomic C ommission for E urope .     

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Socialism, Capitalism and Economic Growth. Essays Presented to Maurice Dobb. Edited by C. H. F einstein .
Agriculture in the Australian Economy. Edited by D. B. W illiams .
The Effects of U.K. Direct Investment Overseas: An Interim Report. By W. B. R eddaway .
Thailand: Social and Economic Studies in Development. Edited by T. H. S ilcock .
Australian Monopoly Law: Issues of Law, Fact and Policy. By G. D e Q. W alker .
An Introduction to a Mathematical Treatment of Economics. By G. C. A rchibald and R. G. L ipsey .
Technology, Investment and Growth. By B. E. W illiams .
The Construction and Use of Economic Models. By A. R. B ergstrom .
The Years of High Theory. By G. L. S. S hackle .
Why Growth Bates Differ: Postwar Experience in Nine Western Countries. By E. F. D enison .
Economic Development in Asian Perspective. By S. I shikawa .
A History of Economic Change in England, 1880–1939. By R. S. S ayers .     

Book Notes

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Bogomolov, O. T. (ed.) Market Forces in Planned Economies
Guerrieri, P. and Padoan, P. (eds). The Political Economy of European Integration
Hillier, B. The Macroeconomic Debate: Models of [he Closed and Open Economy
Lavoie, D. (ed.) Economics and Hermeneutics
Layard, R., Nickell, S. and Jackman, R. Unemployment
Lipschitz, L. and McDonald, D. (eds). Geman Unification: Economic Issues. Occasional paper 75
Smithin. J. N. Macroeconomics after Thatcher and Reagan.