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Progressivism and Academic Public Finance, 1880 to 1930

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This article examines the institutionalization of public finance as a subfield of economics in American universities from the founding of professional academic economics departments in the 1880s through the eve of the Great Depression. It is argued that what became identified as the accepted domain of public finance was fundamentally shaped by the Progressivism of leading practitioners, in particular Richard T. Ely, H. C. Adams, and E. R. A. Seligman. Considered is the development of a community of scholars recognized as specialists in public finance and the professionalization of public finance as a distinct field within economics. This includes examination of the subject’s definition, its boundaries, and the types of analyses undertaken. Academic training, including courses and readings, at Columbia, Chicago, Harvard, and Wisconsin is compared.

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  • Marianne Johnson, 2014. "Progressivism and Academic Public Finance, 1880 to 1930," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 46(1), pages 1-32, Spring.
    • Handle: RePEc:hop:hopeec:v:46:y:2014:i:1:p:1-32
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    1. Curi, Luiz Felipe Bruzzi & Cunha, Alexandre Mendes & Assistant, JHET, 2020. "The Dissemination of Public Economics in Brazil at the Turn of the 20th Century: Rui Barbosa Between Law-Making and Policymaking," OSF Preprints c2mzv, Center for Open Science.

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