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

• Autore: Brewer Anthony <1942-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (220 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.15/3
• Soggetto topico: Classical school of economics - History; Economics - History; Endogenous growth (Economics); Economic development
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The making of the classical theory of economic growth
• ISBN: 1-136-97226-9; 1-136-97227-7; 1-282-78197-9; 9786612781971; 0-203-85184-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785154903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 112.