Takahashi reconstructs the key blocks of one of the founders of the Institutional school, John R. Commons’ theories of the evolution of capitalism and of institutional change by taking the concept of transaction as a central point of departure. It will interest researchers of institutional economics...

Takahashi reconstructs the key blocks of one of the founders of the Institutional school, John R. Commons’ theories of the evolution of capitalism and of institutional change by taking the concept of transaction as a central point of departure. It will interest researchers of institutional economics, political economy, heterodox economics.