A history of economic thought / William J. Barber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barber, William J., II, 1963- author.

Series:

Pelican books.

Pelican books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--History.

Economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 p.)

Edition:

1st Wesleyan ed.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Connecticut : Wesleyan University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Study of the grand ideas in economics has a perpetual intellectual fascination in it's own right. It can also have practical relevance, as the global economic downturn that began in 2007 reminds us. For several decades, the economics establishment had been dismissive of Keynesianism, arguing that the world had moved beyond the "depression economics" with which it dealt. Keynesian economics, however, has now staged a comeback as governments attempt to formulate policy responses to the Great Recession of the first decade of the twenty-first century.

Study of the grand ideas in economics has a perpetual intellectual fascination in it's own right. It can also have practical relevance, as the global economic downturn that began in 2007 reminds us. For several decades, the economics establishment had been dismissive of Keynesianism, arguing that the world had moved beyond the "depression economics" with which it dealt. Keynesian economics, however, has now staged a comeback as governments attempt to formulate policy responses to the Great Recession of the first decade of the twenty-first century.

Contents:

pt. 1. Classical economics

pt. 2. Marxian economics

pt. 3. Neo-classical economics

pt. 4. Keynesian economics.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: Penguin Books Ltd., 1967.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613109521

9781283109529

1283109522

9780819569974

0819569976

OCLC:

767498316