{"product_id":"the-development-of-economic-thought-9781498571623","title":"The Development of Economic Thought","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides an overview or an introduction to the development of economic thought from the time of the early Greek and Roman writers to the mid-20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. It provides a basic, no frills account of how economic ideas which were first cited by the early philosophers were later refined by the writings of the medieval schoolmen and still later by the contributions of the mercantilists and physiocrats. All these ideas were collected and synthesized by Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations which provided the basis for economics as a formal subject of inquiry. From Smith's magnum opus emerged the works of the classical economists, most notably, David Ricardo, Thomas Malthus, and John Stuart Mill. Their work was not left unchallenged by the Utopian Socialists, the Associationists, and other social reformers and most importantly by Karl Marx. Nevertheless, classical economics was not to be denied thanks to Alfred Marshall who succeeded in fusing the Austrians' concept of util\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book presents a clear and lucid tryptic through a significant part of the history of economic thought and analysis from Aristotle to John Maynard Keynes. It is a book that all economists should read, especially those who are not historians of the discipline, so that they have some understanding that the analytical framework they employ has historical roots. -- Roy Rotheim, Skidmore College\u003cbr\u003eCammarosano produces an exceptional summary his major themes. . . this book exhibits a great breadth and depth of knowledge of the history of economic thought, generally presented in a way appropriate for its intended readers. * Eh.Net: The Economic History Network *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: The Early Contributors to the Development of Economic Thought\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: The Mercantilists and the Physiocrats\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Adam Smith and the Wealth of Nations\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: The Classicists\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: The Early Critics of Classical Economics\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: The Later Classicists\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: The Socialists and Karl Marx\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: The Marginalist School\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: The Outliers\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: The American Economists\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: Marshall and Keynes\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040810434903,"sku":"9781498571623","price":33.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498571623.jpg?v=1750947918","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-development-of-economic-thought-9781498571623","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}