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Record Nr.

UNINA9911148376703321

Autore

Groenewegen Peter D

Titolo

Classics and moderns in economics [[electronic resource] ] . Volume 1 : essays on nineteenth and twentieth century economic thought / / Peter Groenewegen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2003

ISBN

9781134417445

1134417446

9781134417452

1134417454

9780429232367

0429232365

9780203460733

0203460731

9781280403484

1280403489

9780203458792

0203458796

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 58

Disciplina

330.1/09/034

Soggetti

Economics - History - 19th century

Economics - History - 20th century

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Classics; History and political economy: Smith, Marx and Marshall; Reflections on two centenaries in political economy; A note on the origin of the phrase 'supply and demand'; From optimism in progress to pessimism: some major implications of Malthus' first Essay on population (1798) for attitudes to growth and welfare in the nineteenth century; Pickering's collected Malthus: a review article; Three notes on Ricardo's theory of value and distribution; Thomas de Quincey: 'faithful disciple of Ricardo'?



Marx's conception of classical political economy: an evaluationGerman political economy, history and the law of value: Marx and Engels contra Achille Loria; Nineteenth-century moderns; Neoclassical value and distribution theory: the English-speaking pioneers; Perfect competition, equilibrium and economic progress: that wretched division of labour and increasing returns; Marshall and Hegel; Alfred Marshall and Australian economics; Alfred Marshall    women and economic development: labour, family and race; The evolutionary economics of Alfred Marshall: an overview; Marshall on taxation; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Peter Groenewegen's reputation as a chronicler of the history of economics is unparalleled. Building on his respected collection on eighteenth century economics, this new book focuses on the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, reprinting essays on classical and modern economics. Several of the included essays have never been published before, whilst many have previously been difficult to access having been written across the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. This important collection will be an invaluable resource for any historian, student or academic involved in the history of economic