Leo Rogin

Leo Rogin (1893, Mohilev, Belarus – 1947, Berkeley, CA, USA) was an American economist, economic historian and historian of economic thought.

Major publications

• "The Introduction of Farm Machinery in its Relation to the Productivity of Labor in the Agriculture of the United States During the 19th Century", 1931.[1]
• "Werner Sombart and the 'Natural Science Method' in Economics", JPE, 1933.
• "American Economic Thought", AER, 1933.
• "The New Deal: A Survey of the Literature", QJE, 1935.
• "Davenport on the Economics of Alfred Marshall", AER, 1936.
• "The Significance of Marxian Economics for Current Trends of Government Policy", AER, 1938.
• "Werner Sombart and Transcendentalism", AER, 1941.
• "Marx and Engels on Distribution in a Socialist Society", AER, 1945.
• "The Meaning and Validity of Economic Theory: A Historical Approach", 1956.[2]

Secondary sources

• Blaug, Mark (1962, 1st ed.) Economic Theory in Retrospect.
• Hutchison, Terence W. (1978) - On Revolutions and Progress in Economic Knowledge.

References

1. Leo Rogin (1931). The Introduction of Farm Machinery in Its Relation to the Productivity of Labor in the Agriculture of the United States During the Nineteenth Century. University of California Press.
2. Leo Rogin (1956). The Meaning and Validity of Economic Theory: A Historical Approach. Harper.

External links

• 1947, University of California: In Memoriam.
• Where Galbraith's Ideas Come From, Speech delivered by Richard Parker at The Galbraith International Symposium Paris, France, September 22-25, 2004
• Douglass C. North's Autobiography on Nobelprize.org
• "Leo Rogin". JSTOR.