Economic Thought
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Economic Thought

A Brief History

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eBook - ePub
Available until 27 Jan |Learn more

Economic Thought

A Brief History

About this book

In this concise yet comprehensive history, Heinz D. Kurz traces the long arc of economic thought from its emergence in ancient Greece to its systematic presentation among the classical thinkers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to the influential work of scholars such as Paul Samuelson and Kenneth J. Arrow. With a keen eye for how economic insights are acquired, lost, and reborn, Kurz focuses on the dynamic individuals who give old ideas new life and the historical events that provoke different approaches and theories.

Over the course of this journey, Kurz explains what Adam Smith meant by the "invisible hand"; how Karl Marx's "law of motion" works in capitalist economies; the roots of the Austrian economists' emphasis on the problems of information, incomplete knowledge, and uncertainty; John Maynard Keynes's principle of effective demand and economic stabilization; and the insights and challenges offered by growth theory, welfare economics, game theory, and more. He concludes with a deft summation of world economists' major concerns today and their critical relation to world events.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover 
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents 
  5. Preface
  6. Epigraph
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Early Economic Thought
  9. 2. Classical Economics
  10. 3. Marx and the Socialists
  11. 4. The Rise of Marginalism
  12. 5. Marshall and the Theory of Partial Equilibrium
  13. 6. Utilitarianism, Welfare Theory, and Systems Debate
  14. 7. Imperfect Competition
  15. 8. Schumpeter and the Principle of Creative Destruction
  16. 9. Keynes and the Principle of Effective Demand
  17. 10. Reactions to Keynes
  18. 11. General Equilibrium Theory and Welfare Theory
  19. 12. Developments in Selected Fields
  20. A Final Word
  21. References and Bibliography
  22. Index