A History Of Economic Ideas

Author : Brandon Dupont
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317326809

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The global financial crisis has drawn attention to the importance of understanding historical ideas and learning lessons from the past. However, it can sometimes be difficult to trace the connections between old ideas and modern day issues. This textbook traces the evolution of economic ideas from the ancient to the modern world by examining the contributions of the most important scholars to some of the most important ideas in economics. The History of Economic Ideas surveys topics that are important for the understanding of contemporary economic issues, including the ethical foundations of modern economics; ideas regarding property rights; price theory; money and interest; public finance; the theories of business cycles and economic growth; international trade; and issues related to population and resource use. The book’s originality lies in its overall organization, which allows readers to explore the development of ideas on a specific topic in detail. Yet it is brief enough to use alongside the original writings on which it is based. Filled with student-friendly features including a series of "Did You Know" facts and end-of-chapter questions, this book is engaging and provides invaluable reading for all students of the history of economic thought and economic issues.

Author : Steven G Medema
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134627035

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The History of Economic Thought: A Reader by Steven G Medema Pdf

This new reader in the history of economic thought is edited by two of the most respected figures in the field. With clearly written summaries putting each selection into context, this book will be of great use to students and lecturers of the history of economic thought as it goes beyond the simple reprinting of articles. Selections and discussions include such thinkers as Aristotle, John Locke, François Quesnay, David Hume, Jean-Baptiste Say, Karl Marx, William Stanley Jevons, Irving Fisher and Thorstein Veblen. The History of Economic Thought: A Reader can be used as a core textbook or as a supplementary text on courses in economic thought and philosophy, and will provide readers with a good foundation in the different schools of thought that run through economics.

Author : Robert Lekachman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4373098

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Author : E. K. Hunt,Mark Lautzenheiser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317468592

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History of Economic Thought by E. K. Hunt,Mark Lautzenheiser Pdf

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.

Author : Ajit K. Dasgupta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134925513

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A History of Indian Economic Thought by Ajit K. Dasgupta Pdf

The history of Indian economic thought provides rich insights into both economic issues and the workings of the Indian mind. A History of Indian Economic Thought provides the first overview of economic thought in the sub-continent. Arguing that it would be inappropriate to rely on formal economic analyses it draws on a wide range of sources; epics, religious and moral texts for the early period and public speeches, addresses, and newspaper articles for controversies from the nineteenth century onwards. What emerges is a rich mosaic reflecting India's different cultures and civilizations. Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam all address economic issues and British colonial rule had a deep impact, both in propagating Western economic ideas and in provoking Indian theories of colonialism and underdevelopment. The author concludes with chapters on Ghandian economics and on Indian economic thought since Independence.

Author : Lawrence H. White
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107012424

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The Clash of Economic Ideas by Lawrence H. White Pdf

This book places economic debates in their historical context and outlines how economic ideas have influenced swings in policy.

Author : Agnar Sandmo
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691148427

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Economics Evolving by Agnar Sandmo Pdf

This book describes the history of economic thought, focusing on the development of economic theory from Adam Smith's 'Wealth of Nations' to the late twentieth century. The text concentrates on the most important figures in the history of the economics. The book examines how important economists have reflected on the sometimes conflicting goals of efficient resource use and socially acceptable income distribution.--[book cover].

Author : Alessandro Roncaglia
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005-04-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521843375

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The Wealth of Ideas by Alessandro Roncaglia Pdf

This 2005 book traces the history of economic thought from its prehistory to the present day.

Author : Phyllis Deane
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1978-10-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521293154

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The Evolution of Economic Ideas by Phyllis Deane Pdf

An introduction to the history of economics for undergraduate students. Puts some of the current theoretical controversies into long-term perspective by tracing their historical antecedents and parallels.

Author : A. W. Bob Coats
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134918300

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On the History of Economic Thought by A. W. Bob Coats Pdf

Following an introduction to the key ideas of Coats, this work focuses on two themes: the difference between British and American economics, both in content and in the practice of the profession; and the interrelationships between economic ideas, events (or conditions) and policy issues.

Author : Warren J. Samuels,Jeff E. Biddle,John B. Davis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 736 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781405128964

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A Companion to the History of Economic Thought by Warren J. Samuels,Jeff E. Biddle,John B. Davis Pdf

Assembling contributions from top thinkers in the field, thiscompanion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration ofthe history of economic thought. The volume has a threefold focus:the history of economic thought, the history of economics as adiscipline, and the historiography of economic thought. Provides sophisticated introductions to a vast array oftopics. Focuses on a unique range of topics, including the history ofeconomic thought, the history of the discipline of economics, andthe historiography of economic thought.

Author : Jürgen Backhaus
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781441983367

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Handbook of the History of Economic Thought by Jürgen Backhaus Pdf

This reader in the history of economic thought challenges the assumption that today’s prevailing economic theories are always the most appropriate ones. As Leland Yeager has pointed out, unlike the scientists of the natural sciences, economists provide their ideas largely to politicians and political appointees who have rather different incentives that might prevent them from choosing the best economic theory. In this book, the life and work of each of the founders of economics is examined by the best available expert on that founding figure. These contributors present rather novel and certainly not mainstream interpretations of the founders of modern economics. The primary theme concerns the development of economic thought as this emerged in the various continental traditions including the Islamic tradition. These continental traditions differed substantially, both substantively and methodologically, from the Anglo-Saxon orientation that has been dominant in the last century for example in the study of public finance or the very construct of the state itself. This books maps the various channels of continental economics, particularly from the late-18th through the early-20th centuries, explaining and demonstrating the underlying unity amid the surface diversity. In particular, the book emphasizes the writings of John Stuart Mill, his predecessor David Ricardo and his follower Jeremy Bentham; the theory of Marginalism by von Thünen, Cournot, and Gossen; the legacy of Karl Marx; the innovations in developmental economics by Friedrich List; the economic and monetary contributions and “struggle of escape” by John Maynard Keynes; the formidable theory in public finance and economics by Joseph Schumpeter; a reinterpretation of Alfred Marshall; Léon Walras, Heinrich von Stackelberg, Knut Wicksell, Werner Sombart, and Friedrich August von Hayek are each dealt with in their own right.

Author : Marco P. Vianna Franco,Antoine Missemer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000624618

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A History of Ecological Economic Thought by Marco P. Vianna Franco,Antoine Missemer Pdf

Contributing to a better understanding of contemporary issues of environmental sustainability from a historical perspective, this book provides a cohesive and cogent account of the history of ecological economic thought. The work unearths a diverse set of ideas within a Western and Slavic context, from the Renaissance and the Enlightenment to the late 1940s, to reveal insights firmly grounded in historiographical research and of import for addressing current sustainability challenges, not least by means of improving our grasp on how humans and nature can generously coexist in the long term. The history of ecological economic thought offered in this volume is rich and diverse, encompassing views that are bound by the observance of the tenets of the natural sciences, but which differ significantly in terms of the role of energy and materials to cultural development and the normative aspects involving resource distribution, social ideals, and policy-making. Combining the approaches of independent scholarly figures and scientific communities from different historical periods and nationalities, the book brings elements that are still missing in the scarce literature on the history of ecological economic thought and highlights the underlying threads which unite such initiatives. The book brings a fresh look into the historical development of ecological economic ideas and will therefore be of great interest to scholars and students of ecological economics, environmental economics, sustainability science, interdisciplinary studies, and history of economic thought.

Author : Brandon Dupont
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317326816

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The History of Economic Ideas by Brandon Dupont Pdf

The global financial crisis has drawn attention to the importance of understanding historical ideas and learning lessons from the past. However, it can sometimes be difficult to trace the connections between old ideas and modern day issues. This textbook traces the evolution of economic ideas from the ancient to the modern world by examining the contributions of the most important scholars to some of the most important ideas in economics. The History of Economic Ideas surveys topics that are important for the understanding of contemporary economic issues, including the ethical foundations of modern economics; ideas regarding property rights; price theory; money and interest; public finance; the theories of business cycles and economic growth; international trade; and issues related to population and resource use. The book’s originality lies in its overall organization, which allows readers to explore the development of ideas on a specific topic in detail. Yet it is brief enough to use alongside the original writings on which it is based. Filled with student-friendly features including a series of "Did You Know" facts and end-of-chapter questions, this book is engaging and provides invaluable reading for all students of the history of economic thought and economic issues.

Author : Steven G Medema,Warren J. Samuels
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136742880

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The History of Economic Thought by Steven G Medema,Warren J. Samuels Pdf

From the ancients to the moderns, questions of economic theory and policy have been an important part of intellectual and public debate, engaging the attention of some of history’s greatest minds. This book brings together readings from more than two thousand years of writings on economic subjects. Through these selections, the reader can see first-hand how the great minds of past grappled with some of the central social and economic issues of their times and, in the process, enhanced our understanding of how economic systems function. This collection of readings covers the major themes that have preoccupied economic thinkers throughout the ages, including price determination and the underpinnings of the market system, monetary theory and policy, international trade and finance, income distribution, and the appropriate role for government within the economic system. These ideas unfold, develop, and change course over time at the hands of scholars such as Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, John Locke, François Quesnay, David Hume, Adam Smith, Thomas Robert Malthus, David Ricardo, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, William Stanley Jevons, Alfred Marshall, Irving Fisher, Thorstein Veblen, John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman, and Paul Samuelson. Each reading has been selected with a view to both enlightening the reader as to the major contributions of the author in question and to giving the reader a broad view of the development of economic thought and analysis over time. This book will be useful for students, scholars, and lay people with an interest in the history of economic thought and the history of ideas generally.