On the local construction of statistical knowledge: Making up the 1861 census of the Canadas

Abstract Census material is a basic source of information for scholars concerned with many dimensions of Canadian development, yet no systematic examination of census procedures has been undertaken. An overview of the making of the 1861 census of the Canadas is followed by a brief discussion of the reflexive character of census knowledge.     

AGGREGATE EFFECTIVE DEMAND AND SUPPLY CURVES

This paper provides a systematic and precise microeconomic basis for aggregate effective demand and supply curves. A shadow price framework permits an orderly treatment of effective demand and supply. The shadow price is the monetary amount which one would pay for the right to buy or sell one extra unit of the good at the market price. The analysis supports Keynes's approach to interest rate and investment demand theory.     

THE INCENTIVES TO ORGANIZE AND DEMAND REGULATION: TWO ENDS AGAINST THE MIDDLE

A consumer versus business view of regulation frequently is too simplistic. Producers as a group may also be able to obtain rents from non-consumer surplus sources, and therefore may have relatively strong aggregate incentives to organize and seek favorable regulation as compared to consumers' incentives to avoid such regulation. This occurs in an increasing cost industry where producers purchase inputs whose supply curves are not infinitely elastic. The rents obtained by producers through regulatorily initiated output restrictions then include transfers from resource suppliers as well as from consumers, and exceed the potential losses consumers face.     

On the importance of genetic knowledge

SUMMARY. Taking up the argument in Eric Blyth's paper, this article claims that the secrecy which currently prevails in the practice of donor insemination in the UK seems to serve the interests of all parties except the child. It analyses the arguments for replacing secrecy with confidentiality in terms of the adverse consequences of deception, the risks of unnecessary mental suffering and the infringement of children's rights. It expresses concern lest the needs of children for genetic knowledge may receive low priority in the Code of Practice of the new Licensing Authority