Evolution of Economic Thought

Name: Evolution of Economic Thought
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ISBN: 9780324321456

ISBN-10: 0324321457

ISBN-13: 9780324321456

Edition: 7th 2007

Authors: Stanley L. Brue, Randy Grant

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The Seventh Edition of THE EVOLUTION OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT presents the history of economics and the philosophies that drive the economic way of thinking. It stresses the importance of understanding contemporary economics, by grasping new ideas, evidence, problems and values that call for reconsideration of basic disputes and major contributions of the past. The textbook explains the ideas of the great economic thinkers and their logical connections to the world of today and tomorrow. Updated pedagogical features provide clear insight into issues like antitrust perspectives and game theory. Introducing ideas like Robert Solow's pioneering model to discuss recent renewed emphasis on growth…

Book details

List price: $293.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cengage South-Western
Publication date: 4/28/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Randy Grant did his undergraduate work at Pacific Lutheran University and received his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He is a professor and the department chair at Linfield College, where he has been honored as a recipient of the Edith Green Distinguished Professor Award and the Greek Letter Organizations Professor of the Year award. Professor Grant specializes in U.S. Economic History and Public Policy.




Introduction and Overview



The Mercantilist School



The Physiocratic School



The Classical School- Forerunners



The Classical School- Adam Smith



The Classical School- Thomas Robert Malthus



The Classical School- David Ricardo



The Classical School- Bentham Say, Senior, and Mill



The Rise of Socialist Thought



Marxian Socialism



The German Historical School



The Marginalist School- Forerunners



The Marginalist School- Jevons, Menger, von Wieser, and von Bwhm-Bawerk



The Marginalist School- Edgeworth and Clark



The Neoclassical School- Alfred Marshall



The Neoclassical School- Monetary Economics



The Neoclassical School- The Departure from Pure Competition



Mathematical Economics



The Institutionalist School



Welfare Economics



The Keynesian School- John Maynard Keynes



The Keynesian School- Developments Since Keynes



Theories of Economic Growth and Development



The Chicago School ? The New Classicism



Concluding Thoughts