An Outline of the History of Economic Thought经济思想史大纲# Author:Ernesto Screpanti, Stefano Zamagni# Format:PDF 2.3MB# Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA # Number Of Pages: 578 # Publication Date: 2005-07-15 # ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0199279144 # ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780199279142 This book provides a comprehensive overview of the development of economics from its beginnings, at the end of the Middle Ages, up to contemporary developments. It is strong on contemporary theory, providing extensive coverage of the twentieth century, particularly since the Second World War.The second edition has been revised and updated to take account of new developments in economic thought.
Ulrich van Suntum Translated by Caroline Hemingway (Springer) Contents: Chapter 1 People and Markets (Microeconomics) • The Invisible Hand of the Market • Competition in Theory and in Practice • Prices, Costs and Profits • The Utility and Real Value of Commodities • Causes of Market Failure • Fair Wages and the Right to Work • The Mystery of Capital and Interest Chapter 2 Crises of Market Economies (Macroeconomics) • How Does Money Enter the Economy? • Business Cycles and Shortages in Demand • Why Do Business Cycles Fluctuate? • Does Technical Progress Destroy Jobs? • Inflation and Unemployment • Growth and Wealth • Limits of Economic Growth Chapter 3 Trade and Changes in the World Economy (Foreign trade) • Should We Protect Ourselves from Cheap Competition from Abroad? • Winners and Losers in World Trade • When National Economies Run into Debt • Will International Competition Lead to Falling Wages? • Globalization and Competition Between Location
Author: Jeff Biddle, John Bryan DavisPaperback: 736 pagesPublisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited (June 1, 2003)Language: EnglishISBN: 0631225730(R)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. The essays in the first part focus on the history of economic ideas, with topics ranging from ancient, medieval, and Islamic thought, to Marxian, Utopian, and postwar thought. The second part explores important historiographical topics, including the sociology of economics, methodology, exegesis, and textuality.Each essay serves as a complex introduction to the chosen topic, and gathered together they provide an extensive synthesis of the field as a whole. The volume is an essential resource for anyone research
Author: Warren J. SamuelsPaperback: 243 pagesPublisher: JAI Press (July 31, 2006)Language: EnglishISBN: 0762313552(R)This volume publishes a wide variety of documents. Included are Notes taken by Henry R. Seager in 1890; Robert Hoxie's Introductory Lecture on the nature of the history of political economy (1916) coupled with an internet discussion on the history of economic thought as the history of error (2005); two law school student papers on John R. Commons' work on law and economics (1926); Edwin R. A. Seligman's Autobiography (1929); Glenn Johnson's notes on Frank H. Knight's University of Chicago course on economic theory (1947) and documents pertaining to Johnson's Michigan State University course on methodology (1947); and the the conclusion of notes from Edwin E. Witte's University of Wisconsin course on government and labor (1955). Zip Password: T0sT@rN@
Author: Alessandro RoncagliaPaperback: 596 pagesPublisher: Cambridge University Press (May 23, 2005) Language: EnglishISBN: 0521843375 The Wealth of Ideas traces the history of economic thought, from its prehistory (the Bible, Classical antiquity) to the present day. In this eloquently written, scientifically rigorous and well documented book, chapters on William Petty, Adam Smith, David Ricardo, Karl Marx, William Stanley Jevons, Carl Menger, Léon Walras, Alfred Marshall, John Maynard Keynes, Joseph Schumpeter and Piero Sraffa alternate with chapters on other important figures and on debates of the period. Economic thought is seen as developing between two opposite poles: a subjective one,based on the ideas of scarcity and utility, and an objective one based on the notions of physical costs and surplus. Professor Roncaglia focuses on the different views of the economy and society and on their evolution over time and critically evaluates the foundations of the scarcity-utilit
