A Brief History Of Economics:
Artful Approaches To The Dismal Science
Eray Canterbery
Copyright 2001 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Re. Ltd.
BRIEF CONTENTS
Detailed Contents
Preface
Introduction
Feudalism and the Evolution of Economic Society
Adam Smith’s Great Vision
Bentham and Malthus: The Hedonist and the “Pastor”
The Distribution of Income: Ricardo versus Malthus
The Cold Water of Poverty and the Heat of John Stuart Mill’s Passions
KarI Marx
Alfred Marshall: The Great Victorian
Thorstein Veblen Takes on the American Captains of Industry
The Jazz Age: Aftermath of War and Prelude to Depression
John Maynard Keynes and the Great Depression
The Many Modern Keynesians
The Monetarists and the New Classicals Deepen the Counterrevolution
Economic Growth and Technology: Schumpeter and Capitalism’s Motion
The Many Faces of Capitalism: Galbraith, Heilbroner, and the Institutionalists
The Rise of the Casino Economy
The Global Economy
Climbing the Economist‘s Mountain to High Theory
The Future of Economics
Glossary of Endurable Terms
Annotated Suggestions for Further Readings
Index