Journal of economic studies. Vol. 32 No. 4, Rediscovering the historical schools, part 2 / Guest editor Professor Jurgen Backhaus.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Backhaus, Jurgen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comparative education.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (79 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There has long been a consensus in the international community of economists that the historical approach to economics is a matter of the past. The historical schools are a phenomenon we find not only in German economic thought, although here the approach has been more prevalent. The history of economic thought of all European cultures, but also in the Americas contains fine examples of historical analysis in economics. The purpose of this analysis is, of course, to develop and refine economic theory and contrast it with immutable data, in particular with data that are rich in institutional de

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; The Younger German Historical School and the problem of unemployment; Karl Knies, Austrians, and Max Weber: a Heidelberg connection?; Alfred Marshall versus the historical school?; The German Historical School and Russian economic thought

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-50947-3

9786610509478

1-84544-780-8

OCLC:

62509659