The Evolution Of Economic Thought

By (author) Brue,Stanley; By (author) Grant Randy
Description:
In this scholarly and timely presentation of the history of economic thought, you''ll see how new ideas, evidence, problems and values can be used to reconsider basic disputes and major contributions of the past. THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT, 8e covers the history of economics, the philosophies that drive the economic way of thinking, the ideas of the great economic thinkers and their logical connections to the world. You''ll see how Robert Solow''s pioneering model can be used to discuss recent renewed emphasis on growth theory and technological change and will explore antitrust perspectives and game theory.
Table of contents:
1. Introduction and Overview. 2. The Mercantilist School. 3. The Physiocratic School. 4. The Classical School-Forerunners. 5. The Classical School-Adam Smith. 6. The Classical School-Thomas Robert Malthus. 7. The Classical School-David Ricardo. 8. The Classical School-Bentham, Say, Senior, And Mill. 9. The Rise of Socialist Thought. 10. Marxian Socialism. 11. The German Historical School. 12. The Marginalist School-Forerunners. 13. The Marginalist School-Jevons, Menger, Von Wieser, and Von Bohm-Bawerk. 14. The Marginalist School-Edgeworth and Clark. 15. The Neoclassical School-Alfred Marshall. 16. The Neoclassical School-Monetary Economics. 17. The Neoclassical School-The Departure from Pure Competition. 18. Mathematical Economics. 19. The Institutionalist School. 20. Welfare Economics. 21. The Keynesian School-John Maynard Keynes. 22. The Keynesian School-Developments Since Keynes. 23. Theories of Economic Growth and Development. 24. The Chicago School-The New Classicism. 25. Concluding Thoughts. Name Index. Subject Index.