A Companion to the History of Economic Thought (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Samuels, Warren J.; Davis, John B.; Biddle, Jeff E.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 736
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781405128964
• Artikelnr.: 38284288

Autorenporträt

Warren J. Samuels is Professor Emeritus, and former Director of Graduate Programs for the Economics Department at Michigan State University. He is former President of the History of Economics Society and former President of the Association for Social Economics. In 1997 he was made Distinguished Fellow, History of Economics Society. Professor Samuels was Editor of the Journal of Economic Issues and is presently Co-editor of the Journal of Income Distribution. He has been on the Editorial Boards of 16 journals, has written or edited over 40 books, and is widely published in top journals. Jeff E. Biddle is Professor of Economics at Michigan State University. He is widely published in the field of history of economic thought in such journals as The History of Political Economy, Journal of Labor Economics, and American Economic Review. John B. Davis is Professor of Economics at Marquette University, and is former President of the History of Economics Society. Professor Davis specializes in history of economic thought and is renowned for his work on John Maynard Keynes. Recently he was a visiting fellow at Clare Hall, Cambridge, UK where he conducted research on Keynes' unpublished manuscripts. Davis is Editor of the Review of Social Economy and his research has been published in The Economic Journal, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, and The History of Political Economics.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.

1. Research Styles In The History Of Economic Thought: Jeff E.Biddle (Michigan State University).

Group I: Historical Surveys.

Group II: Historiography.

Index.

Rezensionen

"With the range, depth, and clarity of the contributions,this exceptional volume provides the reader with the best modernhistorical thinking on the development of economics from antiquityto the present. It should be on every economist'sbookshelf." E. Roy Weintraub, Duke University

"This collection covers an extraordinary range of keytopics in the history of economic thought and historiography. Whilespace is at a high premium in such collective endeavors, theeditors have allowed contributors ample scope to make meaningfulsurveys. The collection as a whole provides a splendid teaching andresearch resource." Samuel Hollander, Ben-GurionUniversity

"What a wonderful companion; I will keep it on my shelf andrefer to it often. It's an excellent set of brief summaries of thecurrent state of the art in the history of thought, from ancienttimes until today." David Colander, Middlebury College