∗Data for this research was generously provided by Millennium Research Group (www.mrg.net). Many thanks to Adam Brandenburger, Ali Yurukoglu, Allan Collard-Wexler, Ariel Pakes, Catherine de Fontenay, Gus Stuart, Hong Luo, John Asker, Lúıs Cabral, Melissa Schilling, Michael Katz, and seminar audiences at NYU Stern’s Management Student Brownbag, NYU Stern NASS, and NYU GSAS Microeconomics Student...

Some scepticism has been voiced over whether the work of John Hughlings Jackson possesses any significant philosophical orientation. This article argues that Hughlings Jackson was acquainted with the work of a wide range of philosophers. In particular, certain aspects of the writings of John Stuart Mill are reflected in Hughlings Jackson's own work. From early in his career, Hughlings Jackson a...

This article questions the articulation between John Stuart Mill’s initial project of creating a new science dedicated to means improving individual character, named “ethology,” and treatise political economy that he published instead. My claim is his defense free competition as well some arguments opposes it, which have often puzzled readers, actually reveal moral agenda principles, specifical...