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Tiziana Foresti

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Economists and Eugenics: Progressive Era Racism and its (Jewish) Discontents

2017

This chapter analyzes the contribution to the debates on labor and immigration of a group of Jewish academicians and reformers who, during the second half of the Progressive Era, explicitly took a stance against the racialist and eugenic rhetoric of the period. This group includes first-rank economists like Edwin R. A. Seligman, Jacob H. Hollander, and Emanuel A. Goldenweiser; influential field specialists such as Isaac A. Hourwich and Isaac M. Rubinow; and relatively less known figures like Max J. Kohler and Samuel K. Joseph. By focusing on the voices of these dissenters, this chapter enriches the emerging picture of Progressive Era eugenic and racial thought.

: American Progressive EraRacemedia_common.quotation_subjectJudaism05 social sciencesImmigrationImmigration06 humanities and the artsAnti-SemitismEdwin R. A. SeligmanRacism0506 political science060104 historyEugenicsRhetoric050602 political science & public administration0601 history and archaeologyProgressive eraSociologyReligious studiesPeriod (music): American Progressive Era Edwin R. A. Seligman Immigration Race Anti-Semitismmedia_common
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EUGENICS AND SOCIALIST THOUGHT IN THE PROGRESSIVE ERA: THE CASE OF JAMES MEDBERY MACKAYE

2018

The aim of this essay is to assess James Medbery MacKaye’s contribution to socialist thought during the Progressive Era. Largely forgotten today, MacKaye proposed a special version of socialism, which he called “Pantocracy,” based on a peculiar blend of utilitarian and eugenic assumptions. Specifically, MacKaye held that biological fitness mapped to the capacity for happiness—biologically superior individuals possess a greater capacity for happiness—and saw the eugenic breeding of “a being or race of beings capable in the first place of happiness” as a possibility open by the advent of Pantocracy. Incidentally, this essay provides further evidence that the influence of eugenic and racialist…

Eugenics060106 history of social sciencesmedia_common.quotation_subjectRace (biology)EugenicHistory and Philosophy of Science0502 economics and businessEugenicsJames Medbery MacKaye Socialism Eugenics Progressive Era0601 history and archaeologySociology050207 economicsmedia_commonGeneral Arts and HumanitiesBiological fitness05 social sciencesSocialismEnvironmental ethics06 humanities and the artsJames Medbery MacKayeSocialismSettore SECS-P/04 - Storia Del Pensiero EconomicoHappinessProgressive eraIdeologyProgressive EraGeneral Economics Econometrics and FinanceJournal of the History of Economic Thought
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Herbert J. Davenport on Conspicuous Consumption and the Economics of Feminism

2019

This article analyzes Herbert J. Davenport’s discussions of conspicuous consumption and feminism. Even though these (typically) Veblenian topics represent two “episodes” in many respects disconnected with the central body of Davenport’s theoretical interests, the assessment of Davenport’s views on these matters enlarges our knowledge of the development of his thought. Our analysis shows how Davenport can be enrolled among the forerunners of the modern theory of positional goods. Moreover, our article offers some new findings on the impact of Veblen’s ideas on one of his closest students at the Chicago University.

feminismEconomics and Econometrics05 social sciencesModern theoryDavenport conspicuous consumption positional goods feminismConspicuous consumptionGeneral Business Management and AccountingFeminismKeywords Davenport conspicuous consumption positional goods feminism0506 political sciencepositional goodsVeblen goodDavenportSettore SECS-P/04 - Storia Del Pensiero Economico0502 economics and business050602 political science & public administrationconspicuous consumptionSociologypositional good050207 economicsPositive economics
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