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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Spiegel, Henry William, 1911- Growth of economic thought. Durham : Duke University Press, 1991 (OCoLC)756467599 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Henry William Spiegel |
ISBN: | 0822309653 9780822309659 0822309734 9780822309734 |
OCLC Number: | 20564551 |
Description: | xxviii, 868 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | From the Bible to Plato: Founts of Western civilization -- From Aristotle to the fathers of the church -- Medieval economic thought: The practice of charity and the avoidance of sin -- The transition of the sixteenth century: From unity to diversity -- Mercantilism: Economic warfare for national gain -- Beyond mercantilism: The rise of quantitative methods ; The emergence of liberal ideas -- The rise of physiocratic thought: Nature's circular flow -- Discordant currents of thought: Galiani, Hume, Steuart -- Adam Smith's economics of self-reliance: The philosophical background -- The details of Smith's system and its reorganization by Say -- Malthus's population doctrine of self-denial -- Further transformation of Smith's economics: The concern with demand -- Ricardian economics: Liberalism enthroned -- From Ricardo to Mill: Consolidation and Ferment -- John Stuart Mill: Liberalism redeemed -- Interludes of historical economics: Baconian and related variants -- The Hegelian varient of historical economics -- Socialism before Marx: A diversity of views -- Marx: Salvation through revolution -- Socialism after Marx: Reform versus revolution -- Economics restructured: Marginalism and optimization: Forerunners and Jevons ; The Austrian school: Assent on utility ; The Lausanne school: A general equilibrium ; The Cambridge school: Transcending supply and demand -- From Wicksell to Keynes: The upsurge of monetary and income analysis -- Economic thought in the United States: Orthodoxy and dissent -- From Economics to econometrics -- An expanded profession in search of new frontiers. |
Responsibility: | Henry William Spiegel. |
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From reviews of previous editions: "The history of economic thought to end all histories of economic thought."--Robert D. Patton, Journal of Economic Literature "The book is in the grand tradition of the history of doctrines. It is a history of economic thought broadly conceived--and superbly written to boot. It is not too much to say that Spiegel's book will become and remain a leading text in the field."--Warren J. Samuels, Social Science "The author conveys the essence of an idea simply and clearly, yet in a graceful style."--William F. Kennedy, Journal of Economic Literature Read more...
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