Samuel bowles microeconomics
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Samuel Bowles papers
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Call Number: MS 94
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Samuel Bowles II was the second editor of the Springfield Republican, an independent provincial newspaper founded by his father on September 8, 1824. Bowles went to work on the Republican at the age of seventeen, and within a year, he was responsible for changing the paper from a weekly to a daily paper on March 27, 1844. At the Know-Nothing Convention in Philadelphia, 1855, Samuel Bowles gained national fame for himself and his newspaper.
The Samuel Bowles Papers cover the time span 1853-1890; excluding the Civil War period. During the Civil War, the paper doubled its number of subscribers, and its price went from two cents to four cents.
The period 1868-1878, is the richest, providing vivid and detailed accounts of national political and legal issues.
Bowles never hesitated in speaking out on issues of corruption or moral wrong. The famous New York Jail episode of 1868 ensured from his stand against financial swindlers. James Fisk (1834-1872) of New York issu
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Samuel Bowles (journalist)
American newspaper editor (1826–1878)
Samuel Bowles III (February 9, 1826 – January 16, 1878) was an American journalist and newspaper publisher.[1][2] From 1844 to 1878, he was the publisher and editor of the Springfield Republican, which became a national model for regional newspapers.[3][4] He was "a pioneer in the establishment of independent journalism".[4]
Early life
Bowles was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Huldah (née Deming) and Samuel Bowles Jr.[4][5] His father established the Springfield Weekly Republican newspaper in 1824.[6][2] Growing up, Bowles shared a room with three of his father's apprentices and delivered newspapers to his father's subscribers.[4] One biographer characterizes his childhood household as "frugal".[4]
Bowles was educated in public schools, but was sent to Master George Eaton's private school in Springfield when he was thirteen.[3][4] He wanted to attend college, b
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CV and Biographical Information
His curriculum vitae can be found here.
SAMUEL BOWLES, (PhD, Economics, Harvard University) is Research Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He taught economics at Harvard from 1965 to 1973 and since then at the University of Massachusetts, where he is now emeritus professor and at the University of Siena from 2002 to 2010 where he continues to occasionally teach.
Bowles’ current research also includes theoretical and empirical studies of political hierarchy and wealth inequality and their evolution over the very long run. His studies on cultural and genetic evolution have challenged the conventional economic assumption that people are motivated entirely by self-interest. Recent papers have also explored how organizations, communities and nations could be better governed in light of the fact that altruistic and ethical motives are common in most populations.
His scholarly papers have appeared in Science, Nature, New Scientist, American Economic Review, Theoretical Population Biology, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Theoretical Bi
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