{"product_id":"the-classical-tradition-in-economic-thought-perspectives-on-the-history-of-economic-thought-volume-xi-9781858981413","title":"THE CLASSICAL TRADITION IN ECONOMIC THOUGHT:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe great tradition of classical economics is an enduring source of inspiration for new research relating to the development of economics as a discipline. This major volume brings together papers which reflect the durability as well as the diversity of classical research themes for historians of economics.\u003cp\u003eBeginning with a re-evaluation of mercantilism, the volume continues with papers on stoicism in the work of Adam Smith, Smith’s use of the word ‘natural’, a game-theoretical evaluation of the \u003ci\u003eTheory of Moral Sentiments\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWealth of Nations\u003c\/i\u003e, a textual reinterpretation of Smith’s wage theories, and the important role of institutions in J.S. Mill’s economic analysis.  The papers in this collection cover both Smithian classicism and the Ricardo - Marx - Sraffa classicism which is represented here by four papers on the work of Krishna Bharadwaj, a persuasive contemporary interpreter of this variant of the classical tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Classical Tradition in Economic Thought\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that classicism, in all its many faces, is not only alive but generating an ongoing flow of interpretative literature which will be of interest to students and scholars concerned with economic theory and the history of economic thought as well as the heterodox schools in modern economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:  Introduction  1. An Appreciation of Mercantilism (W.D. Grampp)  2. Stoicism in the EPS: The Foundation of Adam Smith’s Moral Philosophy (P.A. Heise)  3. Adam Smith’s Unnaturally Natural (Yet Naturally Unnatural) Use of the Word “Natural” (S.J. Pack)  4. A Game-theoretic Re-evaluation of A.Smith’s Theory of Moral Sentiments and Wealth of Nations (A. Ortmann and S. Meardon)  5. A Rational Reconstruction of Smith’s Theory of Wages (C.E. Staley)  6. Institutionalist Supports in the Classical Economics of J.S. Mill (H.E. Jensen)  7. The Role of Perfect Foresight in Krishna Bharadwaj’s Critique of Demand and Supply Equilibrium-Based Theory (H. Gram)  8. Krishna Bharadwaj and the Revival of Classical Theory (M. Knell and S. Ramaswamy) Contributors:  H. Gram, W.D. Grampp, P.A. Heise, H.E. Jensen, M.Knell, S. Meardon, S.J. Pack, A. Ortmann, S. Ramaswamy, C.E. Staley","brand":"Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49414045172055,"sku":"9781858981413","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-classical-tradition-in-economic-thought-perspectives-on-the-history-of-economic-thought-volume-xi-9781858981413","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}