The first thing to be said about this book is that it is an excellent survey of nineteenth-century scientific instruments. Its excellence lies in its value as a guide to the identification of objects. The volume is extremely well produced; the illustrations, which are mainly photographs of instruments, are first class; and Dr. Turner's detailed text irreproachably sound. The book is a general a...

In writing this paper Alan Blinder accepted a difficult charge: the issue of coordination of monetary and fiscal policy is much discussed at a shallow level but it is hard to know how to write a scholarly paper on the subject. Although I have numerous criticisms to offer, the paper is without question a stimulating one that breaks new ground in the analysis of policy coordination issues. Blinde...