A Companion to the History of Economic Thought (Blackwell Companions to Contemporary Economics)

Assembling contributions from top thinkers in the field, this companion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the history of economic thought. The volume has a threefold focus: the history of economic thought, the history of economics as a discipline, and the historiography of economic thought. Provides sophisticated introductions to a vast array of topics. Focuses on a unique range of topics, including the history of economic thought, the history of the discipline of economics, and the historiography of economic thought. Research Styles In The History Of Economic Thought / Jeff E. Biddle -- Ancient And Medieval Economics / S. Todd Lowry -- Contributions Of Medieval Muslim Scholars To The History Of Economics And Their Impact : A Refutation Of The Schumpeterian Great Gap / Hamid S. Hosseini -- Mercantilism / Lars G. Magnusson -- Physiocracy And French Pre-classical Political Economy / Philippe Steiner -- Pre-classical Economics In Britain / Anthony Brewer -- Adam Smith (1723-1790) : Theories Of Political Economy / Andrew S. Skinner -- Classical Economics / Denis P. O'brien -- Post-ricardian British Economics, 1830-1870 / Sandra J. Peart, David M. Levy -- Karl Marx : His Work And The Major Changes In Its Interpretation / Geert Reuten -- The Surplus Interpretation Of The Classical Economists / Heinz D. Kurz -- Non-marxian Socialism / J.e. King -- Utopian Economics / Warren J. Samuels -- Historical Schools Of Economics : German And English / Keith Tribe --^ American Economics To 1900 / William J. Barber -- English Marginalism : Jevons, Marshall, And Pigou / Peter Groenewegen -- The Austrian Marginalists : Menger, Bohm-bawerk, And Wieser / Steven Horwitz -- Early General Equilibrium Economics : Walras, Pareto, And Cassel / Donald A. Walker -- The First Imperfect Competition Revolution / Maria Cristina Marcuzzo -- The Stabilization Of Price Theory, 1920-1955 / Roger E. Backhouse --interwar Monetary And Business Cycle Theory : Macroeconomics Before Keynes / Robert W. Dimand -- Keynes And The Cambridge School / G.c. Harcourt, Prue Kerr -- American Institutional Economics In The Interwar Period / Malcolm Rutherford -- Postwar Neoclassical Microeconomics / S. Abu Turab Rizvi -- The Formalist Revolution Of The 1950s / Mark Blaug -- A History Of Postwar Monetary Economics And Macroeconomics / Kevin D. Hoover -- The Economic Role Of Government In The History Of Economic Thought / Steven G. Medema --^ The Austrian School Of Economics : 1950-2000 / Peter J. Boettke, Peter T. Leeson -- Feminist Economics / Janet A. Seiz -- Institutional Economics / Geoffrey M. Hodgson -- Post Keynesian Economics / Sheila C. Dow -- Radical Political Economy / Bruce Pietrykowski -- Historiography / Matthias Klaes -- The Sociology Of Economics And Scientific Knowledge, And The History Of Economic Thought / A.w. Bob Coats -- Exegesis, Hermeneutics, And Interpretation / Ross B. Emmett -- Textuality And The History Of Economics : Intention And Meaning / Vivienne Brown -- Mathematical Modeling As An Exegetical Tool : Rational Reconstruction / A.m.c. Waterman -- Economic Methodology Since Kuhn / John B. Davis -- Biography And The History Of Economics / D.e. Moggridge -- Economics And Economists In The Policy Process / Craufurd D.w. Goodwin -- The International Diffusion Of Economic Thought / José Luís Cardoso -- The History Of Ideas And Economics / Mark Perlman --^ Research In The History Of Economic Thought As A Vehicle For The Defense And Criticism Of Orthodox Economics / John Lodewijks. Edited By Warren J. Samuels, Jeff E. Biddle, John B. Davis. Series Numbered Retrospectively. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. This companion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration of the history of economic thought. It has a threefold focus: the history of economic thought; the history of economics as a discipline; and the historiography of economic thought