birth_place school_tradition color nationality field institution birth_date article_title name alma_mater
riverside , illinois post-keynesian economics darkorange american macroeconomics , philosophy of economics macroeconomics , development economics , monetary , analysis , finance , philosophy of economics development economics , monetary analysis , finance new school for social research , n.y 16 july 1935 edward j. nell
 edward j. nell princeton university , oxford university
edward j. nell

edward j. nell -lrb- born july 16 , 1935 -rrb- is an american economist and a former professor at the new school for social research -lrb- ny -rrb- .
nell was a member of the new school faculty from 1969 to 2014 .
he achieved the rank of malcolm b. smith professor of economics in 1990 .
he is currently the chief economist for recipco .
nell 's contributions are in the field of macroeconomic theory , monetary analysis and finance , economic methodology and philosophy , transformational growth and development .
he has written some twenty books .
his articles on economic theory and methodology have appeared in leading journals like the american economic review , the journal of political economy , the journal of economic literature , cambridge journal of economics , eastern economic journal , review of political economy , economic development and cultural change , analysis , and social research .
nell is known for his critical view of the methodological and philosophical foundations of neo-classical economics -lrb- what nell calls free-market economists -rrb- , examined in his best known book `` rational economic man '' -lrb- cambridge university press , 1975 -rrb- and coauthored with english rationalist philosopher martin hollis .
nell is also the originator of the general theory of ` transformational growth ' .
the full development of the general theory of transformational growth came in the 90s , and was published as the `` general theory of transformational growth '' -lrb- cambridge university press , 1998 -rrb- .
the methodology/philosophy which underlies the theory of transformational growth is a form of realism , based on filling in ` conceptual truths ' by doing fieldwork and then building models of solidly based institutionally grounded relationships .
in a collection of essays in honor of edward j. nell published in 2004 , argyrous , forstater and mongiovi wrote : `` nell has been pushing the envelop of economic theory for forty years .
nell has been a member of the graduate faculty of the new school for social research -lrb- ny -rrb- since 1969 .
his writings and teaching reflect the intellectual values cherished by the german-speaking émigré economists who formed the backbone of the graduate faculty at its inauguration in the early 1930s -- methodological eclecticism , a critical outlook toward conventional economic thinking , and a powerful commitment to the idea that the ultimate purpose of social science is to assist the achievement of progressive outcomes .
nell 's intellectual breadth is indicated by the range of issues to which he has made important contributions : growth theory , the capital theory debate , monetary economics , macroeconomic theory and policy , drug policy , structural economic change , economic methodology , economic history , analytic philosophy , and the philosophy of knowledge . ''
