Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
Home
  • Home
Journal Home

Vincent J. Tarascio (Feb 5, 1930 – June 3, 2020)

The first president of the History of Economics Society, Vincent Tarascio, passed away peacefully at his home on June 3, 2020. Tarascio received his PhD at Rice University in 1966, and from 1964 through 2001 taught at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. He taught the (in the 1960s and 1970s, required) graduate course on the History of Economic Thought as well as a graduate elective on the Methodology of Economics. He was a leading expert on the work of Vilfredo Pareto, publishing many articles as well as his book, based on his dissertation, Pareto’s Methodological Approach to Economics (1968). Tarascio served as President of the History of Economics Society in 1974-75 and for twenty eight years served as the editor of the Southern Economic Journal. He penned an autobiographical essay that appeared in the March 1999 issue of the Journal of the History of Economic Thought. JHET has made this article freely available: click here

Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Continues History of Economics Society Bulletin (1979 - 1989)
Title history
  • ISSN: 1053-8372 (Print), 1469-9656 (Online)
  • Editors: Pedro Garcia Duarte Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil and Jimena Hurtado Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
  • Editorial board
The Journal of the History of Economic Thought (JHET) is the journal of the History of Economics Society. JHET is a quarterly, refereed journal that welcomes papers reflecting the full spectrum of scholarly analysis within the history of economic thought and history of economic methodology.

The mission of the journal is to further the objectives of the History of Economics Society. These are to promote interest in and inquiry into the history of economics and related parts of intellectual history, facilitate communication and discourse among scholars working in the field of the history of economics, and disseminate knowledge about the history of economics.

JHET is a scholarly publication of international distinction. In addition to publishing widely read and cited peer-reviewed articles, it features a regular book review section including reviews by leading specialists.

Latest articles

IF July 2020


Most read

Most cited

Twitter