Ian Kumekawa
Biographic Data
| ID | 1594856 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ian Kumekawa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ian |
| FAMILY NAME | Kumekawa |
| SIGNATURE | KUMEKAWA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard University Press |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4370-7172 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
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The Measure of Progress
In his 1994 AEA pres i den tial address, Zvi Griliches wrote that "under stand ing of what is hap pen ing in our econ omy . . . is constrained by the extent and qual ity of avail able data" (quoted in Triplett 2007: 573).Today, we live in a world awash in data: trans mit ted through under sea cables, beamed to sat el lites, processed in serv ers, lev er aged by arti fi cial intel li gence.Data may be the life blood of today's infor ma tion econ o…
The Problem Alike of Statesman, Race Leader, and Philanthropist”
In 1917, the US Department of Labor launched a new section: the Division of Negro Economics (DNE). Established to study black labor in the context of the Great Migration and staffed completely by black social scientists and social workers, the division offers a window onto the origins and meaning of black economics in the United States. During an age of pervasive scientific racism, the division’s leaders leveraged the language and tools of academ…
Lessons from Environmental and Economic Crises
Historians have long explored the links between the environmental and the economic. Yet as the global climate crisis deepens with every passing month, it becomes ever more obvious just how related the environmental and the economic are. Driven by the by-products of economic growth, rising sea levels, floods, droughts, and extreme heat devastate ecosystems and claim increasing numbers of lives. They also continue to wreck enormous economic damage,…
Measuring the Cost of Pollution
Environmental economists trace their discipline’s roots to A. C. Pigou, a Cambridge economist working in the early twentieth century. Although for millions of people in Britain and around the world smoke was an environmental and economic hazard, for Pigou pollution was a theoretical academic problem. He offered one of the earliest and most influential frameworks for understanding pollution as an economic phenomenon. But Pigou’s work depended on a…
Reconsidering the History of Political Economy
Political economy, as a field of study, now generally refers to work on the interplay of state actors and the macroeconomy. As practiced by economists, political scientists, and legal scholars, political economy concerns the behavior of central bankers, the impacts of changes in the tax code, world trade negotiations. It has to do with policy. But to historians of economics, the term “political economy” is more likely to call to mind thinkers who…
Imperial Schemes
During and after World War I, British businessmen made major inroads in political, administrative, and policymaking circles. In so doing, they forged a nexus of power, the business-state, that aligned the interests of big business with the state’s imperial aspirations. Well before the widespread acceptance of the concept of the national economy, there was a common understanding in London that what was good for British business, especially industr…
A. C. Pigou and The “Marshallian” Thought Style
Book Review| February 01 2021 A. C. Pigou and The “Marshallian” Thought Style: A Study in the Philosophy and Mathematics Underlying Cambridge Economics by Karen Knight A. C. Pigou and The “Marshallian” Thought Style: A Study in the Philosophy and Mathematics Underlying Cambridge Economics. By Knight, Karen. Palgrave Macmillan2018. xvii; 316 pp. $139.99. Ian Kumekawa Ian Kumekawa Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: This Si…
Meat and Economic Expertise in the British Imperial State During the First World War
During the First World War, the British imperial state deployed economic expertise on a new scale. This article examines how such expertise was involved in the management of the supply and distribution of red meat, a key commodity because of its caloric and symbolic value. Meat was managed not through a centralized bureaucracy, but through the often contradictory policies and initiatives of several government departments. These departments, parti…
Imperial Schemes
During and after World War I, British businessmen made major inroads in political, administrative, and policymaking circles. In so doing, they forged a nexus of power, the business-state, that aligned the interests of big business with the state’s imperial aspirations. Well before the widespread acceptance of the concept of the national economy, there was a common understanding in London that what was good for British business, especially industr…
Meat and Economic Expertise in the British Imperial State During the First World War
During the First World War, the British imperial state deployed economic expertise on a new scale. This article examines how such expertise was involved in the management of the supply and distribution of red meat, a key commodity because of its caloric and symbolic value. Meat was managed not through a centralized bureaucracy, but through the often contradictory policies and initiatives of several government departments. These departments, parti…
Meat and Economic Expertise in the British Imperial State During the First World War
During the First World War, the British imperial state deployed economic expertise on a new scale. This article examines how such expertise was involved in the management of the supply and distribution of red meat, a key commodity because of its caloric and symbolic value. Meat was managed not through a centralized bureaucracy, but through the often contradictory policies and initiatives of several government departments. These departments, parti…
A. C. Pigou and The “Marshallian” Thought Style
Book Review| February 01 2021 A. C. Pigou and The “Marshallian” Thought Style: A Study in the Philosophy and Mathematics Underlying Cambridge Economics by Karen Knight A. C. Pigou and The “Marshallian” Thought Style: A Study in the Philosophy and Mathematics Underlying Cambridge Economics. By Knight, Karen. Palgrave Macmillan2018. xvii; 316 pp. $139.99. Ian Kumekawa Ian Kumekawa Harvard University Search for other works by this author on: This Si…
Reconsidering the History of Political Economy
Political economy, as a field of study, now generally refers to work on the interplay of state actors and the macroeconomy. As practiced by economists, political scientists, and legal scholars, political economy concerns the behavior of central bankers, the impacts of changes in the tax code, world trade negotiations. It has to do with policy. But to historians of economics, the term “political economy” is more likely to call to mind thinkers who…
Imperial Schemes
During and after World War I, British businessmen made major inroads in political, administrative, and policymaking circles. In so doing, they forged a nexus of power, the business-state, that aligned the interests of big business with the state’s imperial aspirations. Well before the widespread acceptance of the concept of the national economy, there was a common understanding in London that what was good for British business, especially industr…
The Problem Alike of Statesman, Race Leader, and Philanthropist”
In 1917, the US Department of Labor launched a new section: the Division of Negro Economics (DNE). Established to study black labor in the context of the Great Migration and staffed completely by black social scientists and social workers, the division offers a window onto the origins and meaning of black economics in the United States. During an age of pervasive scientific racism, the division’s leaders leveraged the language and tools of academ…
Lessons from Environmental and Economic Crises
Historians have long explored the links between the environmental and the economic. Yet as the global climate crisis deepens with every passing month, it becomes ever more obvious just how related the environmental and the economic are. Driven by the by-products of economic growth, rising sea levels, floods, droughts, and extreme heat devastate ecosystems and claim increasing numbers of lives. They also continue to wreck enormous economic damage,…
Measuring the Cost of Pollution
Environmental economists trace their discipline’s roots to A. C. Pigou, a Cambridge economist working in the early twentieth century. Although for millions of people in Britain and around the world smoke was an environmental and economic hazard, for Pigou pollution was a theoretical academic problem. He offered one of the earliest and most influential frameworks for understanding pollution as an economic phenomenon. But Pigou’s work depended on a…
The Measure of Progress
In his 1994 AEA pres i den tial address, Zvi Griliches wrote that "under stand ing of what is hap pen ing in our econ omy . . . is constrained by the extent and qual ity of avail able data" (quoted in Triplett 2007: 573).Today, we live in a world awash in data: trans mit ted through under sea cables, beamed to sat el lites, processed in serv ers, lev er aged by arti fi cial intel li gence.Data may be the life blood of today's infor ma tion econ o…
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Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · State (computer science (3 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Economy (2 works)