John Maurice Clark's article The Changing Basis of Economic Responsibility published in the
Journal of Political Economy is the topical starting point for all scholars interested in
economic responsibility and responsible economic action. John Maurice Clark (1884-1963) a
leading institutional economist reflected on the consequences of the social and economic
change taking place at the turn of the last century for the responsibility of individuals
businesses and corporations and called for the development of an economics of responsibility.
This book contains in-depth articles by scholars from within and beyond economics who continue
on the Clark project or address actual problems calling for economic responsibility in the
light of his approach.
