The Theoretical Connection Between John R. Commons and Regulation and Convention Theories

Hiroyuki Uni and Takayuki Nakahara (2017) In: Uni, Hiroyuki (ed.) (2017): Contemporary Meanings of John R. Commons’s Institutional Economics. Singapore: Springer, pp. 141-163. Abstract. After discussing the uniqueness of Dewey’s philosophy in relation to (1) the world’s plurality and multiplicity, (2) the primary significance of multifarious interactions, and (3) the interrelation between habit and intelligence, we clarify the uniqueness of Commons’s institutional economics: (1) value theor..