A study of the 16th century economist David Hume using Warfield’s template “profile.” One of several short papers Warfield created for his Economics Research Studies.

An unfinished manuscript in the form of an integrated “book review” of the economic philosophy and thinking of the 15th and 16th centuries. Uses brief summaries of the writings of Petty, Locke, Cantillon and Quesnay and a lengthy quoted article from Francis Bacon in an effort to describe and categorize the economist philosophers. See also, “Book Reviews on Economics: Part 2,” “Book Reviews on Economics: Part 3” and “Book Reviews on Economics: Part 4.”

An unfinished manuscript in the form of an integrated “book review” of the economic philosophers born between 1700 and 1750. Focuses on the writing of Hume, Rousseau, Adam Smith, Turgot, Edmond Burke, Malthus, Condorcet and Bentham. Includes short introductions of each thinker and then combines the authors as a way to “form a portrait of thought of the times.” See also, “Book Reviews on Economics: Part 1,” “Book Reviews on Economics: Part 3” and “Book…

An unfinished manuscript in the form of an integrated “book review” economic philosophers born in the period 1750-1800. Focuses on the writing of Saint-Simon, Say, Ricardo and Comte. Only Ricardo, however, is discussed at length. There are short reviews of Saint-Simon and Say but Comte is only mentioned in name. Follows the format established by the previous parts. See also, “Book Reviews on Economics: Part 1,” “Book Reviews on Economics: Part 2” and “Book Reviews…

A collection of several unfinished manuscripts. A total of 15 pages containing biographical sketches of 53 economic philosophers which Warfield planned to use in his ongoing project that used ISM to structure historical economic concepts. He completed drafts of Parts 1, 2 and 3 but planned to complete a total of 11. See notes field for a list of the different thinkers Warfield had selected to focus. For the completed drafts, see “Book Reviews on…

An unfinished manuscript that is an explanation of Warfield’s Economics Research project, what he hoped to accomplish, and how long he thought it would take. His goal was to define a set of usable standards by which a governing body could judge and/or build economic policy, using Interactive Management practices and concepts he had developed.

An email to Ray Harrell in which Warfield explains the method and interpretive system he intended to use in writing a paper on Economics Research.

Chronological description of the contributions made by Aristotle, through Abelard, Leibniz, Boole, De Morgan, Peirce and Harary. Warfield sees these men as the fathers of the development of Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) and is a graphical depiction of the “history of ideas.” The contributions from the thinking of Aristotle, through Abelard, Leibniz, Boole, De Morgan, Peirce and Harary are described briefly and fitted chronologically into a table on just one page, creating a display of…

An exchange of email messages between Warfield and Zhichang Zhu, the book review editor for Systems Research Journal. As part of his ongoing Economics Research project, Warfield was considering submitting both a book review and an article related to the book’s theme at the same time.

A draft manuscript that explores the philosophies of various economists and presents his own approach to the study of economics. This was meant as a preface or introduction to his larger project. Writers mentioned include Rothbard, Foucault, von Mises, Warfield, Saint-Simon, Comte, Adam Smith, Jevons, Hayek, Peirce, and Popper.

Part of a proposed structuring of ideas.

A list of 14 “elements” for a structure of ideas. Includes Warfield’s handwritten notations.