A History of Irish Economic Thought

Thomas Boylan, Renee Prendergast, John Turner, Thomas Boylan, Renee Prendergast, John Turner

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780415423403
• eBook ISBN:
  9781136933486
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business General
• Index: Business

For a country that can boast a distinguished tradition of political economy from Sir William Petty through Swift, Berkeley, Hutcheson, Burke and Cantillon through to that of Longfield, Cairnes, Bastable, Edgeworth, Geary and Gorman, it is surprising that no systematic study of Irish political economy has been undertaken.

In this book the contributors redress this glaring omission in the history of political economy, for the first time providing an overview of developments in Irish political economy from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Logistically this is achieved through the provision of individual contributions from a group of recognized experts, both Irish and international, who address the contribution of major historical figures in Irish political economy along the analysis of major thematic issues, schools of thought and major policy debates within the Irish context over this extended period.

Table of contents

• Routledge history of economic thought
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part I Ireland and the birth of political economy
• Part II The classical era
• Part III Into the twentieth century – Irish contributions to economic theory
• Part IV Policy and economic development – shifting economic paradigms
• Index