| Description |
xv, 688 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- 1. Economics and Its History -- 2. Ancient and Medieval Economic Thought -- 3. Mercantilism and the Dawn of Capitalism -- 4. Economics Before Adam Smith: Irish, French, and Spanish Roots -- 5. Adam Smith: System Builder -- 6. Classical Economics (I): Utility, Population, and Money -- 7. Classical Economics (II): The Ricardian System and Its Critics -- 8. Classical Economics (III): John Stuart Mill -- 9. Economic Policy in the Classical Period -- 10. Karl Marx and the Revolt Against Classical Economics -- 11. Neoclassical Theorists Ahead of Their Time: Cournot and Dupuit -- 12. Microeconomics in Germany and Austria: Menger, Wieser, and Bohm-Bawerk -- 13. Microeconomics in England: William Stanley Jevons -- 14. Alfred Marshall and the Neoclassical Synthesis -- 15. The Vision and Impact of Leon Walras -- 16. Thorstein Veblen and American Institutional Economics -- 17. Competition Reconsidered: Chamberlin and Robinson -- 18. John Maynard Keynes, The General Theory, and the Development of Modern Macroeconomics -- 19. Contemporary Macroeconomics: The Quantity Theory, Monetarism, and Rational Expectations -- 20. Austrian Economics -- 21. Public Choice and Regulation: The New Political Economy -- 22. Contemporary Microeconomics: A Rich and Movable Feast -- 23. Postscript: Ideas, Events, and Economic Method -- Acknowledgments -- Indexes -- Name Index -- Subject Index |
| Analysis |
Economics History |
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Economics History |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1983 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Economics -- History.
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| Author |
Hébert, Robert F.
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| LC no. |
89012626 |
| ISBN |
0070194165 |
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