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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785154903321

Autore

Brewer Anthony <1942-, >

Titolo

The making of the classical theory of economic growth / / Anthony Brewer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-97226-9

1-136-97227-7

1-282-78197-9

9786612781971

0-203-85184-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of economics  ; ; 112

Disciplina

330.15/3

Soggetti

Classical school of economics - History

Economics - History

Endogenous growth (Economics)

Economic development

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Part I The invention of economic growth; 1 Introduction; 2 The concept of growth in eighteenth-century economics; Part II The Scottish tradition from Hume to Smith; 3 An eighteenth-century view of economic development: Hume and Steuart; 4 Luxury and economic development: David Hume and Adam Smith; 5 Adam Ferguson, Adam Smith, and the concept of economic growth; Part III Accumulation and growth: Turgot and Smith; 6 Turgot: Founder of classical economics; 7 Turgot, Smith, and capital accumulation

Part IV Growth, saving and distribution8 Adam Smith on classes and saving; 9 Rent and profit in the Wealth of Nations; 10 Edward West and the classical theory of distribution and growth; Part V Epilogue: John Rae and technical change; 11 Economic growth and technical change: John Rae's critique of Adam Smith; 12 Invention; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book collects together for the first time Anthony Brewer's work on the origins and development of the theory of economic growth from



the late eighteenth century and looking at how it came to dominate economic thinking in the nineteenth century. Brewer argues that many of the earliest proponents of economics growth theory had no concept of it as a continuing theory. This book looks at many of the key players such as Smith, Hume, Ferguson, Steuart, Turgot, West and Rae and is tied together with a rigorous introduction and a new chapter on capital accumulation.