Writings
Academic Articles and Chapters:
"The 'Efficient' Public Administrator: Pareto and a Well-Rounded Approach to Public Administration," 69(6) Public Administration Review, (Nov/Dec 2009), 1115-1123.
"Through a Glass Darkly: An Economic View of Fairness, Globalization, and States," in Jim Dator, Dick Pratt, and Yonseok Seo (eds.), Fairness, Globalization, and Public Institutions: East Asia and Beyond, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2006.
"Globalization and Public Administration Education: The View from the University of Hawaii (Manoa),"(with Dick Pratt), 18 Korean Journal of Policy Studies (August 2003).
"Financial Integration in Antebellum America: Strengthening Bodenhorn's Results," (with Sumner La Croix), 53 The Journal of Economic History (Sep. 1993), 653-58.
"Original Intent and the Sherman Antitrust Act: A Reexamination of the Consumer Welfare Hypothesis," 53 The Journal of Economic History (June 1993), 359-76.
"The Principle of Maximum Entropy and the Difference Between Risk and Uncertainty," in W.T. Grandy and L.H. Schick (eds.), Maximum Entropy and Bayesian Methods, Laramie 1990, Dordrecht: Kluwer (1991), 39-47.
"New Jersey Corporate Chartermongering, 1875-1929," 49 Journal of Economic History (Sept. 1989), 677-92. Reprinted in Robert F. Himmelberg (ed.), Business and Government in America Since 1870, volume 1, New York: Garland (1994).
"Can Government Be Trusted to Keep Its Part of a Social Contract? New Jersey and the Railroads, 1825-1888," 5 Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (Fall 1989), 249-69.
Henry: A Life Well-Lived, Ebook available on Amazon Kindle. June 2022.
Imminent Wealth: Toward the Extinction of Work (A Novel), Ebook available on major ebook retailer websites. March 2021.
COR: Hawaii's Council on Revenues, Forty Years of Economics, Politics and Forecasting, Ebook available on Amazon Kindle. January 2020.
Compleat Administration: A Year in Public Service, Ebook available on major ebook retailer websites, September 2017.
Hawaii Becalmed: Economic Lessons of the 1990s, University of Hawaii Press, September 2002.
New Jersey and the Fiscal Origins of Modern American Corporation Law, New York: Garland Publishing, 1993.
Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History. Edited by Edward L. Glaeser and Claudia Goldin. 66 The Journal of Economic History (Dec. 2006), 1104-1105.
The Price of Progress: Public Services, Taxation, and the American Corporate State, 1877 to 1929. By R. Rudy Higgens-Evenson. The American Historical Review (2005).
The Political Economy of American Industrialization, 1877-1900. By Richard Franklin Bensel. The Journal of Economic History (Sep. 2001), 859-860.
Justice Stephen Field: Shaping Liberty from the Gold Rush to the Gilded Age. By Paul Kens. The Independent Review (Fall 1998).
Socializing Capital, The Rise Of The Large Industrial Corporation In America. By William G. Roy. The Journal of Economic History (Mar. 1998), 273-74.
Centuries of Economic Endeavor, Parallel Paths in Japan and Europe and Their Contrast with the Third World. By John P. Powelson. 4 Review of International Economics (June 1996), 259-61.
The Great Guano Rush, Entrepreneurs and American Overseas Expansion. By Jimmy M. Skaggs. 56 The Journal of Economic History (Mar. 1996), 256-57.
Contract, Economic Change, and the Search for Order in Industrializing America. By Lester G. Lindley. 54 Journal of Economic History (Dec. 1994), 959-60.
Litigation and Inequality: Federal Diversity Jurisdiction in Industrial America, 1870-1958. By Edward A. Purcell, Jr. 53 Journal of Economic History (Sep. 1993), 694-96.
The Economic Structure of Corporate Law. By
Frank H. Easterbrook and Daniel R. Fischel.
30 Journal of Economic Literature (December 1992),
2169-70.
Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the
Growth of American Government. By Robert Higgs.
29 Journal of Economic Literature (June 1991),
620-21.
Accumulation & Power: An Economic History of
the United States. By Richard B. DuBoff.
50 Journal of Economic History (June 1990),
496-98.
"A self-reliant Hawai'i--but at what cost?" The Honolulu Advertiser November 4, 2005.
"Gasoline Price Caps a Mistake," University of Hawai'i Research Organization, October 17, 2002. Update of op-ed originally drafted May 3, 2002.
"Hawai'i needs to learn from its 1990s experiences,"Pacific Business NewsSeptember 27, 2002.
"How Diversified is Hawaii's Economy?" Pacific Business News, March 5, 1999.
"The Evolving Role of Government in the U.S. and Hawaii," Economics America: West, Hawaii Council on Economic Education, Fall 1998.
"...and maybe government didn't grow much, after all." The Honolulu Advertiser, September 29, 1994.
"Who'll Pay Health Premiums?" The Honolulu Advertiser, July 21, 1994.
"Role of Government: When is government intervention in the economy warranted?" (with L. Dew Kaneshiro), in Randall W. Roth (ed.), The Price of Paradise: Lucky We Live Hawaii?, Honolulu: Mutual Publishing (1992).
DBEDT (State of Hawaii, Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism):
"How Technology is Changing Work," November 1999. Edited version published in Hawaii's Economy January 2000.
"High Technology's Share in Hawaii's Economy," November 1999. Edited version published in Hawaii's Economy January 2000.
"Technology, Endogenous Growth, and Public Policy," June 1999.
"Tourism Issue: Air Seat Capacity," May 1999. Abbreviated version published in Hawaii's Economy, July 1999.
"Economic Viability of the Convention Center," May 1999. Revised version published in Hawaii's Economy, July 1999.
"The Returns to Education," Abbreviated version published in Hawaii's Economy, November 1998.
"Tax Reform Proposals," Hawaii's Economy, Special Edition, March 1998.
"Questions & Answers About the Tax Proposals," Hawaii's Economy, Special Edition, March 1998.
"Will Companies Be Able to Pass on the GET Increase?" Hawaii's Economy, Special Edition, March 1998.
"A Brief Comparative View of Hawaii Taxes," Hawaii's Economy, Special Edition, March 1998.
"Arthur Andersen Tax Impact Calculations," Hawaii's Economy, Special Edition, March 1998.
"The Curious Case of Bankruptcy," August 1997. Abbreviated version published in Hawaii's Economy, 1st & 2nd Quarters 1997.
"Measuring Productivity in Hawaii's Economy," January 1997. Abbreviated version published in Hawaii's Economy, 4th Quarter 1996.
"Old Age," October 1996. Abbreviated version published in Hawaii's Economy, 3rd Quarter 1996.
"The Cyclical Effects of Unemployment Insurance," Hawaii Perspectives, August 1996.
"Hawaii's Wage Trends: 1969 to 1994," July, 1996. Revised version published in Hawaii's Economy, 2nd Quarter 1996.
"Cruise Ships, Hawaii, and the Passenger Services Act," April 1996.
"Learning from History," Restoring Hawaii's
Economic Momentum, 1996.
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2022