Economic Growth And The Origins Of Modern Political Economy

Author : Philipp R. Rössner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 394 pages
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Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317397403

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Economic Growth and the Origins of Modern Political Economy addresses the intellectual foundations of modern economic growth and European industrialization. Through an examination both of the roots of European industrialization and of the history of economic ideas, this book presents a uniquely broad examination of the origins of modern political economy. This volume asks what can we learn from ‘old’ theories in terms of our understanding of history, our economic fate today, and the prospects for the modern world’s poorest countries. Spanning across the past five hundred years, this book brings together leading international contributors offering comparative perspectives with countries outside of Europe in order to place the evolution of modern economic knowledge into a broader reference framework. It integrates economic discourse and the intellectual history of political economy with more empirical studies in economic history and the history of science. In doing so, this innovative volume presents a coherent and innovative new strategy towards a reconfiguration of the history of modern political economy. This book is suitable for those who study history of economic thought, economic history or European history.

Author : Philipp R. Rossner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367668378

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Economic Growth and the Origins of Modern Political Economy by Philipp R. Rossner Pdf

Economic Growth and the Origins of Modern Political Economy addresses the intellectual foundations of modern economic growth and European industrialization. Through an examination both of the roots of European industrialization and of the history of economic ideas, this book presents a uniquely broad examination of the origins of modern political economy. This volume asks what can we learn from 'old' theories in terms of our understanding of history, our economic fate today, and the prospects for the modern world's poorest countries. Spanning across the past five hundred years, this book brings together leading international contributors offering comparative perspectives with countries outside of Europe in order to place the evolution of modern economic knowledge into a broader reference framework. It integrates economic discourse and the intellectual history of political economy with more empirical studies in economic history and the history of science. In doing so, this innovative volume presents a coherent and innovative new strategy towards a reconfiguration of the history of modern political economy. This book is suitable for those who study history of economic thought, economic history or European history.

Author : Robert Fredona,Sophus A. Reinert
Publisher : Springer
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319582474

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New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy by Robert Fredona,Sophus A. Reinert Pdf

This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent historiography of political economy in the wake of the ongoing global financial crisis, and suggests fruitful new agendas for research on the political-economic nexus as it has developed in the Western world since the end of the Middle Ages. New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy brings together a select group of young and established scholars from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds—history, economics, law, and political science—in an effort to begin a re-conceptualization of the origins and history of political economy through a variety of still largely distinct but complementary historical approaches—legal and intellectual, literary and philosophical, political and economic—and from a variety of related perspectives: debt and state finance, tariffs and tax policy, the encouragement and discouragement of trade, merchant communities and companies, smuggling and illicit trades, mercantile and colonial systems, economic cultures, and the history of economic doctrines more narrowly construed. The first decade of the twenty-first century, bookended by 9/11 and a global financial crisis, witnessed the clamorous and urgent return of both 'the political' and 'the economic' to historiographical debates. It is becoming more important than ever to rethink the historical role of politics (and, indeed, of government) in business, economic production, distribution, and exchange. The artefacts of pre-modern and modern political economy, from the fourteenth through the twentieth centuries, remain monuments of perennial importance for understanding how human beings grappled with and overcame material hardship, organized their political and economic communities, won great wealth and lost it, conquered and were conquered. The present volume, assembling some of the brightest lights in the field, eloquently testifies to the rich and powerful lessons to be had from such a historical understanding of political economy and of power in an economic age.

Author : Robert Higgs
Publisher : JAI Press(NY)
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UVA:X001062540

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Emergence of the Modern Political Economy by Robert Higgs Pdf

Author : Yiorgos Stathakis,Gianni Vaggi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134313075

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Economic Development and Social Change by Yiorgos Stathakis,Gianni Vaggi Pdf

Some of the greatest thinkers in the history of economic thought have been instrumental in advancing the study of development economics. In this volume, leading scholars are brought together to illuminate this tradition, with particular emphasis on the question of growth and development. Divided into two parts, this collection offers a blend of papers of history of economic thought and development economics, and suggests that classical political economy - that strand of thought which goes from Physiocracy to Smith and to Ricardo and Marx - has a precise vision and indeed a precise model of long term development. This book: examines the influence that has been exerted by both pre-classical and classical thought on modern day development economics provides a synthetic analysis of the classical vision of growth and development from the mercantilist era to physiocracy examines Adam Smith’s contribution to growth theory explores Marxian thinking and ideas, and the political developments that gave rise to state functions in post-war theory. Including contributions by well known authors such as Eltis, Murphy and Kurz, this significant volume by one of the premier historians of economic thought will be a valuable resource for postgraduates and professionals in the fields of economic history and political economy.

Author : David Simpson
Publisher : Oxford : Blackwell
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Economic development
ISBN : UCAL:B4379550

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The Political Economy of Growth by David Simpson Pdf

Monograph arguing that classical rather than contemporary economic theory is more useful for the economic analysis of economic growth in advanced market economy developed countries - discusses the failure of contemporary theories to deal with growth issues, emphasizing instead the merits of the classical tradition which takes account of competition and the progressive division of labour, and analyses the origins of, state intervention in, and economic policy options for such current problems as inflation, unemployment, etc. References.

Author : Jomo Kwame Sundaram,Erik S. Reinert
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1842776479

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The Origins of Development Economics by Jomo Kwame Sundaram,Erik S. Reinert Pdf

A history of the emergence of development economics as a distinct sub-discipline.

Author : Iris Borowy,Matthias Schmelzer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134866694

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History of the Future of Economic Growth by Iris Borowy,Matthias Schmelzer Pdf

The future of economic growth is one of the decisive questions of the twenty-first century. Alarmed by declining growth rates in industrialized countries, climate change, and rising socio-economic inequalities, among other challenges, more and more people demand to look for alternatives beyond growth. However, so far these current debates about sustainability, post-growth or degrowth lack a thorough historical perspective. This edited volume brings together original contributions on different aspects of the history of economic growth as a central and near-ubiquitous tenet of developmental strategies. The book addresses the origins and evolution of the growth paradigm from the seventeenth century up to the present day and also looks at sustainable development, sustainable growth, and degrowth as examples of alternative developmental models. By focusing on the mixed legacy of growth, both as a major source of expanded life expectancies and increased comfort, and as a destructive force harming personal livelihoods and threatening entire societies in the future, the editors seek to provide historical depth to the ongoing discussion on suitable principles of present and future global development. History of the Future of Economic Growth is aimed at students and academics in environmental, social, economic and international history, political science, environmental studies, and economics, as well as those interested in ongoing discussions about growth, sustainable development, degrowth, and, more generally, the future.

Author : Sven Steinmo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139490375

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The Evolution of Modern States by Sven Steinmo Pdf

The Evolution of Modern States, first published in 2010, is a significant contribution to the literatures on political economy, globalization, historical institutionalism, and social science methodology. The book begins with a simple question: why do rich capitalist democracies respond so differently to the common pressures they face in the early twenty-first century? Drawing on insights from evolutionary theory, Sven Steinmo challenges the common equilibrium view of politics and economics and argues that modern political economies are best understood as complex adaptive systems. The book examines the political, social, and economic history of three different nations - Sweden, Japan, and the United States - and explains how and why these countries have evolved along such different trajectories over the past century. Bringing together social and economic history, institutionalism, and evolutionary theory, Steinmo thus provides a comprehensive explanation for differing responses to globalization as well as a new way of analyzing institutional and social change.

Author : W. W. Rostow
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317805625

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How it all Began (Routledge Revivals) by W. W. Rostow Pdf

First published in 1975, this book traces the origins of our modern economy, showing the routes by which nations have either achieved wealth or have been impoverished. W. W. Rostow brings together issues of public policy, international trade and the world of science and technology, arguing that conventional economic thought has failed to relate scientific innovation to the economic process. Chapters consider the politics of modernization, the Commercial Revolution and the development of the world economy between 1783 and 1820.

Author : Harold A. Innis
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781487518912

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Political Economy in the Modern State by Harold A. Innis Pdf

Political Economy in the Modern State is Harold Innis’s transitional and, in some respects, his most transformative book. Completed in 1946, it is a collection of fifteen chapters plus a remarkable Preface selected and crafted to address four main themes: the problem of power and peace in the post-War era; the ascent of specialized and mechanized forms of knowledge involving, most particularly, the media, the state, and the academy; the crisis facing civilization and, more generally, the modern penchant for unreflexive short-term thinking in the face of mounting contradictions; and Innis’s growing focus on what would be called media bias. In this new edition, editors Robert E. Babe and Edward A. Comor provide not only a general introduction to Innis’s largely forgotten book but also dedicated introductions to each of its fifteen chapters and a comprehensive index. Together, Babe and Comor demonstrate how Innis’s volume reflects a shift in Innis’s focus, away from analytical relativism towards, instead, a reflexive search for objective truths.

Author : Brandon Dupont
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317326809

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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 : Phyllis Deane
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4355785

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The State and the Economic System by Phyllis Deane Pdf

This book traces the history of economic thought over the last 300 years, from its emergence as a scientific discipline in the 17th century to the present. More than a conventional history, the book focuses on the evolution of the discipline in the light of the moral, scientific, and political ideas and attitudes with which each new generation of economists has developed its distinctive vision of a changing economic system. Deane balances the twin themes of the economists' desire to be scientific and their desire to satisfy central government's need for reliable advice on the workings of the system, offering clear and accessible analyses of the major thinkers and the problems they pose.

Author : Robert Fredona,Sophus A. Reinert
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3030096289

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New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy by Robert Fredona,Sophus A. Reinert Pdf

This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent historiography of political economy in the wake of the ongoing global financial crisis, and suggests fruitful new agendas for research on the political-economic nexus as it has developed in the Western world since the end of the Middle Ages. New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy brings together a select group of young and established scholars from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds—history, economics, law, and political science—in an effort to begin a re-conceptualization of the origins and history of political economy through a variety of still largely distinct but complementary historical approaches—legal and intellectual, literary and philosophical, political and economic—and from a variety of related perspectives: debt and state finance, tariffs and tax policy, the encouragement and discouragement of trade, merchant communities and companies, smuggling and illicit trades, mercantile and colonial systems, economic cultures, and the history of economic doctrines more narrowly construed. The first decade of the twenty-first century, bookended by 9/11 and a global financial crisis, witnessed the clamorous and urgent return of both 'the political' and 'the economic' to historiographical debates. It is becoming more important than ever to rethink the historical role of politics (and, indeed, of government) in business, economic production, distribution, and exchange. The artefacts of pre-modern and modern political economy, from the fourteenth through the twentieth centuries, remain monuments of perennial importance for understanding how human beings grappled with and overcame material hardship, organized their political and economic communities, won great wealth and lost it, conquered and were conquered. The present volume, assembling some of the brightest lights in the field, eloquently testifies to the rich and powerful lessons to be had from such a historical understanding of political economy and of power in an economic age.

Author : James H. Weaver
Publisher : Boston : Allyn and Bacon
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120326439

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Modern Political Economy by James H. Weaver Pdf