| Description |
1 online resource (x, 148 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 49 |
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Routledge studies in the history of economics ; 49
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| Contents |
1. Introductory remarks / Peter Groenewegen -- 2. Political economy, political arithmetic and political medicine in the thought of William Petty / Tony Aspromourgos -- 3. The significance of John Locke's medical studies for the history of economic thought / William Oliver Coleman -- 4. The infinity of human desires and the advantages of trade : Nicholas Barbon and the wants of the mind / Marina Bianchi -- 5. Exposure to strangers and superfluities : Mandeville's regimen for great wealth and foreign treasure / Neil De Marchi -- 6. From prominent physician to major economist : some reflections on Quesnay's switch to economics in the 1750s / Peter Groenewegen -- 7. Joseph Clément Juglar (1819-1905) : from physician to analyst of business cycles / Peter Groenewegen -- 8. Epilogue : two centuries of physician-economists, 1650-1848 / Peter Groenewegen |
| Summary |
Why did Economics, in its formative phase, have so much input from medically educated writers? The innovations that physicians brought to their economic discourse played a key role in shaping the future of the discipline, and this volume draws together the work of leading international academics to address this fascinating topic. This book examines the life and work of six doctor-economists: Petty, Locke, Barbon, Mandeville, Quesnay and Juglar. The central chapters each examine an individual writer, discussing the available details of medical education and practice, economic contribu |
| Notes |
A collection of 8 papers by the editor and other scholars |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Economics -- History.
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Economics -- Authorship
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Economists.
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Physicians.
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Authorship.
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Politics, Practical.
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Economics -- history
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Authorship
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Physicians
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Politics
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economists.
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physicians.
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authorship.
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politics.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History.
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Politics, Practical
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Authorship
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Economics
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Economics -- Authorship
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Economists
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Physicians
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Groenewegen, Peter D., editor
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| ISBN |
020347077X |
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9780203470770 |
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0203779010 |
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9780203779019 |
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0585459827 |
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9780585459820 |
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