Author : Ernesto Screpanti
Release : 2005
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 136/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis An Outline of the History of Economic Thought by : Ernesto Screpanti
Download or read book An Outline of the History of Economic Thought written by Ernesto Screpanti. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive and analytical overview of the development of economic theory from its beginnings, at the end of the Middle Ages, up to contemporary contributions. Traditional theories are presented as living matter, and modern theories are presented as part of a historicalprocess and not as established truths. In this way, the book avoids the dangerous dichotomy between pure historians of thought who dedicate themselves exclusively to studying facts, and pure theorists who are interested in the evolution of the logical structure of theories. The second edition contains several changes and additions. The authors give due consideration to the "civil economy" perspective developed during Humanism and the Renaissance. The section on Adam Smith has been considerably extended and improved. The treatment of the post-keynesian approach hasbeen separated from "new keynesian macroeconomics". Finally, a new chapter has been added to review the most recent developments in the economic discourse in the light of globalization and the new technological trajectory.
