Economic Transition in Historical Perspective: Lessons from the History of Economics. Edited by Charles M. A. Clark and Janina Rosicka. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2000. Pp. xii, 165. $64.95.

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This short book contains ten essays, primarily by Polish, Portuguese, and U.S. economists, presented at a 1998 conference in Cracow. In the preface the editors tell us that “the subject of these papers is the connection between moral values and economic activities, and this ‘psychic and spiritual energy’ should supply us with a more complex and complete picture of the problems of economic transition.”