The growth of economic thought
Offers an overview of the history of economics and a bibliographic survey of the economic literature of the 1980s and early 1990s. This work introduces students to a range of topics in the history of economic thought.
History
xxviii, 868 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780822309659, 9780822309734, 0822309653, 0822309734
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From the Bible to Plato: Founts of Western civilization
From Aristotle to the fathers of the church
Medieval economic thought: The practice of charity and the avoidance of sin
The transition of the sixteenth century: From unity to diversity
Mercantilism: Economic warfare for national gain
Beyond mercantilism: The rise of quantitative methods ; The emergence of liberal ideas
The rise of physiocratic thought: Nature's circular flow
Discordant currents of thought: Galiani, Hume, Steuart
Adam Smith's economics of self-reliance: The philosophical background
The details of Smith's system and its reorganization by Say
Malthus's population doctrine of self-denial
Further transformation of Smith's economics: The concern with demand
Ricardian economics: Liberalism enthroned
From Ricardo to Mill: Consolidation and Ferment
John Stuart Mill: Liberalism redeemed
Interludes of historical economics: Baconian and related variants
The Hegelian varient of historical economics
Socialism before Marx: A diversity of views
Marx: Salvation through revolution
Socialism after Marx: Reform versus revolution
Economics restructured: Marginalism and optimization: Forerunners and Jevons ; The Austrian school: Assent on utility ; The Lausanne school: A general equilibrium ; The Cambridge school: Transcending supply and demand
From Wicksell to Keynes: The upsurge of monetary and income analysis
Economic thought in the United States: Orthodoxy and dissent
From Economics to econometrics
An expanded profession in search of new frontiers