
History of Economic Thought
A Critical Perspective
Routledge (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 15. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-0-7656-2599-1 (ISBN)
Description
The new edition of this classroom classic retains the organizing theme of the original text, presenting the development of thought within the context of economic history. Economic ideas are framed in terms of the spheres of production and circulation, with a critical analysis of how past theorists presented their ideas.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
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Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
1127 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7656-2599-1 (9780765625991)
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History of Economic Thought
A Critical Perspective
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09/2002
2nd Edition
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Persons
E. K. Hunt; Mark Lautzenheiser
Content
List of Tables and Figures, Foreword, Preface, Acknowledgments, 1. Introduction, 2. Economic Ideas Before Adam Smith, 3. Adam Smith, 4. Thomas Robert Malthus, 5. David Ricardo, 6. Rationalistic Subjectivism: The Economics of Bentham, Say, and Senior, 7. Political Economy of the Poor: The Ideas of William Thompson and Thomas Hodgskin, 8. Pure Versus Eclectic Utilitarianism: The Writings of Bastiat and Mill, 9. Karl Marx, 10. The Triumph of Utilitarianism: The Economics of Jevons, Menger, and Walras, 11. Neoclassical Theories of the Firm and Income Distribution: The Writings of Marshall, Clark, and Boehm-Bawerk, 12. Thorstein Veblen, 13. Theories of Imperialism: The Writings of Hobson, Luxemburg, and Lenin, 14. Consummation, Consecration, and Destruction of the Invisible Hand: Neoclassical Welfare Economics, 15. Neoclassical Ideology and the Myth of the Self-Adjusting Market: The Writings of John Maynard Keynes, 16. Annulment of the Myth of the Measurable Productivity of Capital: The Writings of Piero Sraffa, 17. Contemporary Economics I: The Bifurcation of Orthodoxy, 18. Contemporary Economics II: Institutionalism and Post-Keynesianism, 19. Contemporary Economics III: The Revival of Critical Political Economy, Suggestions for Further Reading, Index, About the Authors