Knowledge that Transforms

One criticism brought against conscious economic theory is that it fails to take advised and realistic account of human nature. Economics is admitted to have a conception of human nature; but the root of the trouble seems to lie exactly in the fact that it is a conception-or, perhaps more accurately, a preconception. Its critics feel it to be inexact, unreal and without documentation or careful description; advanced, possibly, a step beyond the rigid classical homo economicus in the thinking of the marginists or corrected classicists of today, but still lacking the complex and irrational features of the human figure beginning to be bodied forth in the laboratories of the present generation of psychologists. These psychologists' have already pretty well revolutionized the scientific definition of human nature. Instead of a firm and

Two groups of investigators of the relation of the workers to their work, 626. — Both fail to emphasize certain subtle factors of shop lore, 627. — Individual makers of "whole articles" never as common as is sometimes assumed, 627. — In the few authentic cases the work was not especially inspiring, 627. — Nail making, 628. — Pottery, 628. — Current use of the words "skilled" "semi-skilled, " and "laborers, " 631. — Importance of abihty to prejudge effects of processes, 632. — Knowledge of qualities and conditions of materials, 632. — Knowledge of preceding operations, 633. — Ability to manipulate large pieces, 634. — On minor jobs there are many situations that require adjustments and judgment, 635. — The casual onlooker seldom appreciates the skill required in apparently simple operations, 636. — Accurate analysis and description of operations needed, 639. — Entrepreneurs found early craftsmen no more ready to meet their problems than does the modern business man, 642. — Problem of building up an organization largely one of training workers, 643.

Journal Article Damiris' The Monetary System of Greece Get access Eugen P. Schwiedland Eugen P. Schwiedland Vienna, Austria Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 36, Issue 2, February 1922, Pages 319–322, https://doi.org/10.2307/1883483 Published: 01 February 1922

Journal Article Stoddard's The Revolt Against Civilization—The Menace of the Underman; Desmond's Labour, the Giant with the Feet of Clay Get access W. McDougall W. McDougall Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Volume 36, Issue 4, August 1922, Pages 666–682, https://doi.org/10.2307/1884756 Published: 01 August 1922