Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-168
Keyword(s):  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The World ◽  
Industrial Performance ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Mesopotamia ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Michael Bikard of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER reviews “The Invention of Enterprise: Entrepreneurship from Ancient Mesopotamia to Modern Times” edited by David S. Landes, Joel Mokyr, and William J. Baumol. The EconLit Abstract of the reviewed work begins, “Eighteen papers examine the history of entrepreneurship throughout the world since antiquity. Papers discuss global enterprise and industrial performance--an overview; entrepreneurs--from the Near Eastern takeoff to the Roman collapse; Neo-Babylonian entrepreneurs; the scale of entrepreneurship in Middle….”

Book Reviews

2011 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 1263-1264
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Trust Measurement ◽  
As If

Frank Levy of Massachusetts Institute of Technology reviews “The Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy As If the Future Matters” by Diane Coyle. The EconLit abstract of the reviewed work begins, “Explores how to ensure that government policy and the actions of individuals and private businesses serve the world better in the long term and considers how to make sure that achievements in the present don't come at the expense of the future. Discusses happiness; nature; posterity; fairness; trust; measurement; values; institutions; and the manifesto of enough. Coyle runs Enlightenment Economics, a consulting firm specializing in technology and globalization. Index.”

Book Reviews

2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 1191-1193
Keyword(s):  
Energy Policy ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
Energy Policies ◽  
History Of ◽  
Energy Independence ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Butler University

Richard S.Eckaus, a Professor of Economics Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reviews “U.S. Energy Policy and the Pursuit of Failure”, by Peter Z. Grossman. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Analyzes the history of U.S. energy policy and the failure of energy policies. Discusses crisis; failure; fuels; the Energy Independence Authority; morality; the connotation of the word ""Apollo" in discussing U.S. energy policy; collapse; crisis 2.0; and modesty. Grossman is the Clarence Efroymson Professor of Economics at Butler University.”

Alignment Charts

1921 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 171-178
Keyword(s):  
Close Contact ◽  
Massachusetts Institute ◽  
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology ◽  
World War ◽  
Graphical Solution ◽  
Industrial Cooperation ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Institute Of Technology

The subject of nomographic or alignment charts has received considerable attention during the last few years. Although its value as a time and labor saving device is so evident, still it has taken almost a generation since its inception by the French engineer and mathematician, M. D’Ocagne, before the American engineer has sought to profit by it. The world war brought our ordnance engineers in contact with the French engineers, and the former have learned how the latter apply the principles underlying the alignment chart to the graphical solution of some of their problems in ballistics and allied subjects. Today, some of our manufacturers are becoming interested in these charts, and the “Department of Industrial Cooperation and Research” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is in close contact with over two hundred of these firms, has received many requests for alignment chart solutions of various simple problems which have arisen in their shop work. These solutions, because of their simplicity, can be used by the workmen in the shop with considerable facility and little chance of error.

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