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Companion to the History of Economic Thought, A


Companion to the History of Economic Thought, A

Paperback by Samuels, Warren J. (Michigan State University); Biddle, Jeff E. (Michigan State University); Davis, John B. (Marquette University, Wisconsin)

Companion to the History of Economic Thought, A

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ISBN:
9781405134590
Publication Date:
17 Nov 2006
Language:
English
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:
Wiley-Blackwell
Pages:
736 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 23 - 25 May 2024
Companion to the History of Economic Thought, A

Description

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

Contents

List of Figures ix List of Tables x List of Contributors xi Preface xv 1 Research Styles in the History of Economic Thought 1 Jeff E. Biddle PART I HISTORICAL SURVEYS 2 Ancient and Medieval Economics 11 S. Todd Lowry 3 Contributions of Medieval Muslim Scholars to the History of Economics and their Impact: A Refutation of the Schumpeterian Great Gap 28 Hamid S. Hosseini 4 Mercantilism 46 Lars G. Magnusson 5 Physiocracy and French Pre-Classical Political Economy 61 Philippe Steiner 6 Pre-Classical Economics in Britain 78 Anthony Brewer 7 Adam Smith (1723-1790): Theories of Political Economy 94 Andrew S. Skinner 8 Classical Economics 112 Denis P. O'Brien 9 Post-Ricardian British Economics, 1830-1870 130 Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy 10 Karl Marx: His Work and the Major Changes in its Interpretation 148 Geert Reuten 11 The Surplus Interpretation of the Classical Economists 167 Heinz D. Kurz 12 Non-Marxian Socialism 184 J. E. King 13 Utopian Economics 201 Warren J. Samuels 14 Historical Schools of Economics: German and English 215 Keith Tribe 15 American Economics to 1900 231 William J. Barber 16 English Marginalism: Jevons, Marshall, and Pigou 246 Peter Groenewegen 17 The Austrian Marginalists: Menger, Böhm-Bawerk, and Wieser 262 Steven Horwitz 18 Early General Equilibrium Economics: Walras, Pareto, and Cassel 278 Donald A. Walker 19 The "First" Imperfect Competition Revolution 294 Maria Cristina Marcuzzo 20 The Stabilization of Price Theory, 1920-1955 308 Roger E. Backhouse 21 Interwar Monetary and Business Cycle Theory: Macroeconomics before Keynes 325 Robert W. Dimand 22 Keynes and the Cambridge School 343 G. C. Harcourt and Prue Kerr 23 American Institutional Economics in the Interwar Period 360 Malcolm Rutherford 24 Postwar Neoclassical Microeconomics 377 S. Abu Turab Rizvi 25 The Formalist Revolution of the 1950s 395 Mark Blaug 26 A History of Postwar Monetary Economics and Macroeconomics 411 Kevin D. Hoover 27 The Economic Role of Government in the History of Economic Thought 428 Steven G. Medema 28 Postwar Heterodox Economics 445 A The Austrian School of Economics: 1950-2000 445 Peter J. Boettke and Peter T. Leeson B Feminist Economics 454 Janet A. Seiz C Institutional Economics 462 Geoffrey M. Hodgson D Post Keynesian Economics 471 Sheila C. Dow E Radical Political Economy 479 Bruce Pietrykowski PART II HISTORIOGRAPHY 29 Historiography 491 Matthias Klaes 30 The Sociology of Economics and Scientific Knowledge, and the History of Economic Thought 507 A. W. Bob Coats 31 Exegesis, Hermeneutics, and Interpretation 523 Ross B. Emmett 32 Textuality and the History of Economics: Intention and Meaning 538 Vivienne Brown 33 Mathematical Modeling as an Exegetical Tool: Rational Reconstruction 553 A. M. C. Waterman 34 Economic Methodology since Kuhn 571 John B. Davis 35 Biography and the History of Economics 588 D. E. Moggridge 36 Economics and Economists in the Policy Process 606 Craufurd D. W. Goodwin 37 The International Diffusion of Economic Thought 622 José Luís Cardoso 38 The History of Ideas and Economics 634 Mark Perlman 39 Research in the History of Economic Thought as a Vehicle for the Defense and Criticism of Orthodox Economics 655 John Lodewijks Name Index 669 Subject Index 688

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