Joseph J. Spengler Prize Winners

In 2004 the History of Economics Society (HES) established the Joseph J. Spengler Prize for the best book in the history of economics. The award is gi ...more

Winners

	Finding Equilibrium: Arrow, Debreu, McKenzie and the Problem of Scientific Credit by Till Düppe 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2016)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman by Jeremy Adelman 4.15 avg rating — 206 ratings Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2014)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free Markets Since the Depression by Angus Burgin 4.09 avg rating — 106 ratings Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2013)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Translating Empire by Sophus A. Reinert 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2012)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Von Neumann, Morgenstern, and the Creation of Game Theory: From Chess to Social Science, 1900-1960 by Robert Leonard 3.50 avg rating — 12 ratings Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2011)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Provocative Joan Robinson: The Making of a Cambridge Economist by Nahid Aslanbeigui 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2010)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement: The Battle for Control of the Law by Steven M. Teles 3.88 avg rating — 93 ratings Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2009)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prophet of Innovation: Joseph Schumpeter and Creative Destruction by Thomas K. McCraw 4.18 avg rating — 200 ratings Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2008)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jealousy of Trade: International Competition and the Nation-State in Historical Perspective by Istvan Hont 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2007)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	William Stanley Jevons and the Making of Modern Economics by Harro Maas really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2006)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Economics Became a Mathematical Science by E. Roy Weintraub 3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2005)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reflection Without Rules: Economic Methodology and Contemporary Science Theory by D. Wade Hands 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings Joseph J. Spengler Prize (2004)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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