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Jonathan B. Wight

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First Name:Jonathan
Middle Name:B.
Last Name:Wight
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https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~jwight/

Affiliation

Economics Department
University of Richmond

Richmond, Virginia (United States)
http://business.richmond.edu/undergraduate/academics/economics/
RePEc:edi:edricus (more details at EDIRC)

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Articles

  1. Jonathan B. Wight, 2024. "Book Review: Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became an Icon of American Capitalism," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 69(1), pages 187-189, March.
  2. Jonathan B. Wight, 2024. "Why my doctor is a Kantian and my car mechanic is an Aristotelian: bringing marketplace ethics into the classroom," Advances in Economics Education, Edward Elgar Publishing, vol. 3(1), pages 24-42, July.
  3. Jonathan B. Wight, 2020. "Book Review: Our great purpose: Adam Smith on living a better life, by Hanley, R. P," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 65(2), pages 344-346, October.
  4. Jonathan B. Wight, 2019. "Book Review: Where economics went wrong: Chicago’s abandonment of classical liberalism, by Colander, D., & Freedman, C," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 64(2), pages 325-327, October.
  5. Jonathan B. Wight, 2018. "Antecedents to the crisis: Mandeville, Smith, and Keynes," International Journal of Social Economics, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 46(8), pages 1018-1030, November.
  6. Jonathan B. Wight, 2018. "Book Review: The infidel and the professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the friendship that shaped modern thought by Rasmussen, D. C," The American Economist, Sage Publications, vol. 63(2), pages 272-274, October.
  7. Jonathan B. Wight, 2017. "The ethics behind efficiency," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(1), pages 15-26, January.
  8. Jonathan B. Wight, 2016. "Joanna Masel: Bypass Wall Street: A biologist’s guide to the rat race," Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer, vol. 18(3), pages 233-237, October.
  9. Jonathan B. Wight, 2014. "Economics within a Pluralist Ethical Tradition," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 72(4), pages 417-435, October.
  10. Jonathan B Wight, 2013. "The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination, by Chrisoula Andreou and Mark White," Eastern Economic Journal, Palgrave Macmillan;Eastern Economic Association, vol. 39(2), pages 263-265.
  11. Jonathan Wight, 2013. "Paul J. Zak (ed.): The moral molecule: the source of love and prosperity," Journal of Bioeconomics, Springer, vol. 15(2), pages 195-198, July.
  12. Jonathan B. Wight, 2013. "Sentiments and Motivations in Adam Smith and Vernon Smith," Forum for Social Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(4), pages 298-301, November.
  13. Wight, Jonathan B. & Khalil, Elias L., 2011. "Emotions, natural selection, and rationality," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 77(1), pages 1-3, January.
  14. Jonathan B. Wight, 2010. "Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 76(4), pages 1137-1140, April.
  15. Jonathan Wight, 2009. "Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective on Markets, Law, Ethics, and Culture," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 67(2), pages 254-258.
  16. Jonathan Wight, 2009. "Adam Smith on Instincts, Affection, and Informal Learning: Proximate Mechanisms in Multilevel Selection," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 67(1), pages 95-113.
  17. Jonathan Wight, 2009. "Sociability and the Market," Forum for Social Economics, Springer;The Association for Social Economics, vol. 38(2), pages 97-110, July.
  18. Jonathan B. Wight, 2007. "The Treatment of Smith's Invisible Hand," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(3), pages 341-358, July.
  19. Wight, Jonathan B., 2007. "D. Levine and A. Rizvi, Poverty, Work and Freedom: Political Economy and the Moral Order, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (2005) (Price: $65.00, 159 pp., ISBN 9780521848268)," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 163-165, February.
  20. Jonathan Wight, 2006. "Adam Smith's Ethics and the “Noble Arts”," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(2), pages 155-180.
  21. Jonathan B. Wight, 2005. "Adam Smith and Greed," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 21(Fall 2005), pages 46-58.
  22. Jonathan B. Wight, 2005. "Culture and Prosperity: The Truth about Markets—Why Some Nations Are Rich but Most Remain Poor By John Kay. New York: HarperBusiness, 2004. Pp. xii, 420. $25.95," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 71(3), pages 683-685, January.
  23. Jonathan B. Wight, 2002. "The Rise of Adam Smith: Articles and Citations, 1970-1997," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 34(1), pages 55-82, Spring.
  24. Jonathan B. Wight, 1999. "Using Electronic Data Tools in Writing Assignments," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 21-27, January.
  25. Fiedler, John L. & Wight, Jonathan B. & Schmidt, Robert M., 1999. "Risk adjustment and hospital cost-based resource allocation, with an application to El Salvador," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 48(2), pages 197-212, January.
  26. Wight, Jonathan, 1985. "The Efficiency of Producing Alcohol for Energy in Brazil: Comment," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 33(4), pages 851-856, July.
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Chapters

  1. Jonathan B. Wight, 2023. "The kidney market debate: a retrospective on Becker and Elías," Chapters, in: Ioana Negru & Craig Duckworth & Imko Meyenburg (ed.), Handbook of Teaching Ethics to Economists, chapter 16, pages 259-277, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Jonathan B. Wight, 2011. "Ethics and Critical Thinking," Chapters, in: Gail M. Hoyt & KimMarie McGoldrick (ed.), International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, chapter 18, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  3. Benjamin Blevins & Guadalupe Ramirez & Jonathan B. Wight, 2010. "Ethics in the Mayan Marketplace," Perspectives from Social Economics, in: Mark D. White (ed.), Accepting the Invisible Hand, chapter 0, pages 87-110, Palgrave Macmillan.
  4. Jonathan B. Wight, 2009. "Teaching Economics," Chapters, in: Jan Peil & Irene van Staveren (ed.), Handbook of Economics and Ethics, chapter 70, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  5. Jonathan B. Wight, 2009. "Moral Reasoning in Economics," Chapters, in: David Colander & KimMarie McGoldrick (ed.), Educating Economists, chapter 4, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Citations

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Blog mentions

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  1. Jonathan Wight, 2006. "Adam Smith's Ethics and the “Noble Arts”," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(2), pages 155-180.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Changing Lives through Literature
      by Jonathan B. Wight in Economics and Ethics on 2012-02-17 20:01:24
  2. Jonathan B. Wight, 2007. "The Treatment of Smith's Invisible Hand," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(3), pages 341-358, July.

    Mentioned in:

    1. Christianity, Greed, and Markets
      by Jonathan B. Wight in Economics and Ethics on 2012-02-27 20:10:49

Articles

  1. Jonathan B. Wight, 2017. "The ethics behind efficiency," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 48(1), pages 15-26, January.

    Cited by:

    1. Tadeusz A. Grzeszczyk & Jacek Pełszynski, 2020. "Towards a conceptualization of a social efficiency notion in management sciences," Ekonomia i Prawo, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, vol. 19(1), pages 33-46, March.
    2. Hendrik P. van Dalen, 2019. "Values of Economists Matter in the Art and Science of Economics," Kyklos, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 72(3), pages 472-499, August.
    3. Depro, Brooks, 2022. "Making introductory economics more relevant: Using personalized connections to introduce environmental economics," International Review of Economics Education, Elsevier, vol. 39(C).

  2. Jonathan B. Wight, 2014. "Economics within a Pluralist Ethical Tradition," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 72(4), pages 417-435, October.

    Cited by:

    1. Maria-Teresa Bosch-Badia & Joan Montllor-Serrats & Maria-Antonia Tarrazon-Rodon, 2018. "Sustainability and Ethics in the Process of Price Determination in Financial Markets: A Conceptual Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-24, May.
    2. Michael Carr & Aurelie Charles & Wilfred Dolfsma & Robert McMaster & Tonia Warnecke, 2015. "Effective Contributions to the Review of Social Economy and Social Economics—Editorial," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 73(2), pages 139-145, June.

  3. Jonathan Wight, 2009. "Adam Smith on Instincts, Affection, and Informal Learning: Proximate Mechanisms in Multilevel Selection," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 67(1), pages 95-113.

    Cited by:

    1. Schliesser, Eric, 2011. "Reading Adam Smith after Darwin: On the evolution of propensities, institutions, and sentiments," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 77(1), pages 14-22, January.
    2. Brosnan, Sarah F., 2011. "An evolutionary perspective on morality," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 77(1), pages 23-30, January.
    3. Jonathan B. Wight, 2011. "Ethics and Critical Thinking," Chapters, in: Gail M. Hoyt & KimMarie McGoldrick (ed.), International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, chapter 18, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    4. Wilfred Dolfsma & Deborah Figart & Robert McMaster & Martha Starr, 2012. "Promoting Research on Intersections of Economics, Ethics, and Social Values: Editorial," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 70(2), pages 155-163, June.
    5. Daphne W. Yiu & William P. Wan & Kelly Xing Chen & Xiaocong Tian, 2022. "Public sentiment is everything: Host-country public sentiment toward home country and acquisition ownership during institutional transition," Journal of International Business Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Academy of International Business, vol. 53(6), pages 1202-1227, August.
    6. Eric Schliesser, 2010. "Reading Adam Smith after Darwin: On the Evolution of Propensities, Institutions, and Sentiments," Post-Print hal-00921187, HAL.

  4. Jonathan Wight, 2009. "Sociability and the Market," Forum for Social Economics, Springer;The Association for Social Economics, vol. 38(2), pages 97-110, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Kader, Haithem, 2021. "Human well-being, morality and the economy: an Islamic perspective," Islamic Economic Studies, The Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), vol. 28, pages 102-123.
    2. Jonathan B. Wight, 2011. "Ethics and Critical Thinking," Chapters, in: Gail M. Hoyt & KimMarie McGoldrick (ed.), International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, chapter 18, Edward Elgar Publishing.

  5. Jonathan B. Wight, 2007. "The Treatment of Smith's Invisible Hand," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 38(3), pages 341-358, July.

    Cited by:

    1. Jonathan Wight, 2009. "Sociability and the Market," Forum for Social Economics, Springer;The Association for Social Economics, vol. 38(2), pages 97-110, July.
    2. Mollie Painter-Morland & Rosa Slegers, 2018. "Strengthening “Giving Voice to Values” in Business Schools by Reconsidering the “Invisible Hand” Metaphor," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 147(4), pages 807-819, February.
    3. David Bevan & Patricia Werhane, 2015. "The Inexorable Sociality of Commerce: The Individual and Others in Adam Smith," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 127(2), pages 327-335, March.

  6. Jonathan Wight, 2006. "Adam Smith's Ethics and the “Noble Arts”," Review of Social Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 64(2), pages 155-180.

    Cited by:

    1. Schliesser, Eric, 2011. "Reading Adam Smith after Darwin: On the evolution of propensities, institutions, and sentiments," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 77(1), pages 14-22, January.
    2. Mark White, 2010. "Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant: On Markets, Duties, and Moral Sentiments," Forum for Social Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(1), pages 53-60, January.
    3. Jonathan B. Wight, 2011. "Ethics and Critical Thinking," Chapters, in: Gail M. Hoyt & KimMarie McGoldrick (ed.), International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, chapter 18, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    4. Fazekas, Károly, 2016. "Tisztesség, empátia, közgazdaságtan [Honour, empathy and economics]," Közgazdasági Szemle (Economic Review - monthly of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences), Közgazdasági Szemle Alapítvány (Economic Review Foundation), vol. 0(10), pages 1120-1141.

  7. Jonathan B. Wight, 2005. "Adam Smith and Greed," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 21(Fall 2005), pages 46-58.

    Cited by:

    1. Stimel, Derek & Sekerka, Leslie E., 2018. "Play fair! Innovating internal self-regulation in the market for profit," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 61(1), pages 115-124.
    2. Matthew T. Clements, 2013. "Self-Interest vs. Greed and the Limitations of the Invisible Hand," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 72(4), pages 949-965, October.
    3. Mark White, 2010. "Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant: On Markets, Duties, and Moral Sentiments," Forum for Social Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(1), pages 53-60, January.
    4. Stringham, Edward Peter, 2011. "Embracing morals in economics: The role of internal moral constraints in a market economy," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 78(1), pages 98-109.

  8. Jonathan B. Wight, 2002. "The Rise of Adam Smith: Articles and Citations, 1970-1997," History of Political Economy, Duke University Press, vol. 34(1), pages 55-82, Spring.

    Cited by:

    1. Daniel S. Hamermesh, 2018. "Citations in Economics: Measurement, Uses, and Impacts," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 56(1), pages 115-156, March.
    2. Jelnov, Pavel & Weiss, Yoram, 2020. "Influence in Economics and Aging," IZA Discussion Papers 12887, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).

  9. Jonathan B. Wight, 1999. "Using Electronic Data Tools in Writing Assignments," The Journal of Economic Education, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(1), pages 21-27, January.

    Cited by:

    1. John Gilbert & Onur A. Koska & Reza Oladi, 2023. "Building and using nonlinear simulations in Excel with an application to the specific factors model," Southern Economic Journal, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 89(4), pages 1242-1265, April.
    2. Elizabeth Perry-Sizemore & Steven A. Greenlaw, 2011. "Writing for Learning in Economics," Chapters, in: Gail M. Hoyt & KimMarie McGoldrick (ed.), International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, chapter 12, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    3. Devon Gorry & John Gilbert, 2014. "Numerical Simulations of Competition in Quantities," Working Papers 201401, Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance.
    4. John Gilbert & Onur A. Koska & Reza Oladi, 2022. "Building and Using Nonlinear Excel Simulations: An Application to the Specific Factors Model," Working Papers in Economics 22/08, University of Canterbury, Department of Economics and Finance.
    5. Gilbert John & Oladi Reza, 2007. "Simulating Tariffs vs. Quotas with Domestic Monopoly," Journal of Industrial Organization Education, De Gruyter, vol. 2(1), pages 1-11, October.
    6. Joshua C. Hall & Marta Podemska-Mikluch, 2015. "Teaching the Economic Way of Thinking Through Op-eds," Working Papers 15-10, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.

Chapters

  1. Jonathan B. Wight, 2011. "Ethics and Critical Thinking," Chapters, in: Gail M. Hoyt & KimMarie McGoldrick (ed.), International Handbook on Teaching and Learning Economics, chapter 18, Edward Elgar Publishing.

    Cited by:

    1. Jack Reardon, 2019. "Dialogue on Reform in Mainstream Economics and its Implications for the Islamic Economics Discipline حوار حول الإصلاح في الاقتصاد السائد وانعكاسه على الاقتصاد الإسلامي," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 32(2), pages 61-75, January.

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