{"product_id":"the-first-serious-optimist-9780691163482","title":"The First Serious Optimist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Co-Winner of the 2018 Joseph J. Spengler Best Book Prize, History of Economics Society\"\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] graceful and elegantly structured new intellectual biography.\"\u003cb\u003e---Duncan Kelly, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Through his biographical and historical study of Pigou and his work, Kumekawa shows us how the Cambridge professor bound ethics and economics together, and did so in a way that intersected with the social changes, spurred by the rise of the Labor Party, that were taking place around him.\" * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\"[This book] should be required reading for every economist who has an interest in public economics and public choice economics. . . . It will reaffirm the reader’s faith in the value of intellectual history and of the value of archival historical research. I cannot recommend this book highly enough.\"\u003cb\u003e---Peter J. Boettke, \u003ci\u003ePublic Choice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] fascinating intellectual biography . . . . it is very well researched and the result is a truly enjoyable read.\"\u003cb\u003e---Maxime Desmarais-Tremblay, \u003ci\u003eHistory of Economics Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix  Introduction History and Economics 1  1 Beginnings 8  2 Ethics, Politics, and Science 34  3 Bearing Fruit as Well as Light: Pigou's Welfare Economics 61  4 War, Peace, and Disillusionment 83  5 Retreat to the Ivory Tower 111  6 Paradigms Lost 130  7 Another War and a Fresh Start 172  8 To \"Really Do a Little Good:\" A Redemptive Conclusion 194  Epilogue 208  Notes 213  Bibliography 293  Index 321","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865530904919,"sku":"9780691163482","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691163482.jpg?v=1722274416","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-first-serious-optimist-9780691163482","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}