Welcome to the Association for Social Economics
The Association for Social Economics was founded in 1941 seeking to promote high quality research in the broadly defined area of social economics. Social economics is the study of the ethical and social causes and consequences of economic behavior, institutions, organizations, theory, and policy. The fields of research promoted by ASE include the mutual relationships among ethics, social values, concepts of social justice, and the social dimensions of economic life. Social Economics investigates the relationships between the economy and society. Social economists address such questions as: what economic conditions are requisite for a good society and how can they be achieved; how do social and moral values influence economic behavior; how does social interaction affect economic outcomes; what are the ethical implications of economic theory and policy; and how do different social institutions contribute to a sustainable, just, and efficient economy. The ASE welcomes academics and practitioners who regard human behavior to be the result of complex social interactions with ethical consequences.
arren Samuels was author or co-author of many books and scholarly papers, edited or co-edited a tremendous number of volumes, including a considerable amount of unpublished, archival materials, edited or co-edited Journal of Economic Issues, Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, and the Journal of Income Distribution, was on the editorial boards of 22 journals, and edited or co-edited many book series. For the last number of years he worked at compiling and organizing every reference and interpretation of the invisible hand concept. Erasing the Invisible Hand: Essays on an Elusive and Misguided Concept in Economics will appear with Cambridge University Press in September.