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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782962003321

Titolo

Historical analysis in economics / / edited by Graeme Donald Snooks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1993

ISBN

1-134-88077-4

0-203-08635-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SnooksG. D (Graeme Donald)

Disciplina

330/.072

Soggetti

Economics - Methodology

Economic history

Historical school of economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""TITLE""; ""COPYRIGHT""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FIGURES""; ""TABLES""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""PREFACE""; ""1. WHAT CAN HISTORICAL ANALYSIS CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCIENCE OF ECONOMICS?""; ""Part I. THE ROLE OF HISTORY IN ECONOMICS""; ""2. HISTORICAL ECONOMICS IN THE LONGRUN""; ""3. THE LOST DIMENSION""; ""4. GETTING YOUR HANDS DIRTY""; ""Part II. URBANIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT""; ""5. LABOUR MARKET INTEGRATION AND THE RURAL-URBAN WAGE GAP IN HISTORY""; ""6. CITIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT""; ""Part III. LONGRUN ISSUES IN LABOUR, BUSINESS AND BANKING""

""7. OLDER WORKERS AND THE BRITISH LABOUR MARKET""""8. THE NEW BUSINESS HISTORY""; ""9. CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE""; ""10. BANK DEREGULATION IN AUSTRALIA, YESTERDAY AND TODAY""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""

Sommario/riassunto

Neo-classical economics is frequently criticised for paying inadequate attention to historical processes. However, it has proved easier to make broad claims that `history matters' than to theorise with any depth about the appropriate role for history in economic analysis. Historical Analysis in Economics considers what history can contribute to the science of economics: how would it matter if `history mattered?'