Essays in the History of Mainstream Political Economy

By Warren J. Samuels

Book Overview

This book is a collection of articles on schools, individuals and topics within the mainstream of the history of economic thought. The principal schools are the Physiocrats and the English Classical Economists. The principal individuals are Francois Quesnay, Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, Francis Y. Edgeworth, Friedrich von Wieser, Frank W. Taussig, and William H. Hutt. The principal topics include the economic role of government, power, the psychology of economics, and the early history of macroeconomics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333548264
• ISBN13: 9780333548264
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"