A history of Portuguese economic thought / / Antonio Almodovar and Jose Luis Cardoso

• Autore: Almodovar Antonio
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (151 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.15/09469
• Soggetto topico: Economics - Portugal - History
• Altri autori: CardosoJose Luis
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-137) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; National histories and the renewal of the historiography of economic thought; The Portuguese case; Concluding remarks; The Golden Age and the mercantilist era (1500 1750); Discovering new economic worlds and new market relations; Maritime enterprise and the systems of insurance and exchange; Mercantilism in the making; Restoration and trade; Population and subsistences; Industry and the trade balance; Balance and conclusion; The new path to the wealth of the Portuguese nation (1750 1808) ; The Royal Academy of Sciences and the emergence of physiocratic influencesPolitical and financial constraints; Natural law, social order and legal despotism; Physiocracy and the emergence of political economy; The influence of Smith; Smith in the shadow: a theoretical pretext for economic policy debates; From economic liberalism to economic reform; The difficult reception of classical political economy (1810 1850); Political economy, industry and progress; Political economy and economic change; Institutional change and the role of political economy ; The teaching system and the institutionalisation of political economyThe avoidance of analytical economic thought (1850 1920); Nationalist, historical and socialist concerns; Socialist thought and state intervention; The state and the market: the role of competition and economic freedom; The formation of a plural canon; The difficult existence of a mathematical economist; From corporatism to Keynesian economics (1920 1960); Salazar and the rise of the corporative state; Political economy and the economic policies of corporatism; The ambiguous reception given to Keynesian ideas ; The spread of Keynesian economicsKeynesianism, politics and economic policy; Concluding remarks: peaceful coexistence in 'the age of extremes'; Epilogue; Notes; References; Name Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A History of Portuguese Economic Thought offers the first account in English of the development of economic thought in Portugal. The authors adopt a comparative approach to analyse how economic doctrine, theories and policies have been disseminated and assimilated by Portuguese economists in different periods. They assess the influence on Portuguese economic thought of major economists such as Adam Smith, Keynes and Hayek.
• Titolo autorizzato: A history of Portuguese economic thought
• ISBN: 1-134-68268-9; 1-280-18218-0; 0-203-26630-7; 0-203-00380-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825923503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge history of economic thought series.