The Classical Economists Revisited
Edition: 2Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: August 16, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9780691119397
Subjects: Economic theory & philosophy; Economics; Business/Economics; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Sources; Economics - Theory; Economic History; Business & Economics / Economic History; 19th century; Classical school of economics; History
First sentence: In any detailed discussion of a particular body of ideas, it is perhaps helpful to begin by indicating to the reader the period during which those ideas were of importance.
Description: "The Classical Economists Revisited conveys the extent, diversity, and richness of the literature of economics produced in the period extending from David Hume's Essays of 1752 to the final contributions of Fawcett and Cairnes in the 1870s. D. P. O'Brien has thoroughly updated, rewritten, and expanded the influential work he first published in 1975, The Classical Economists. In particular, he sets out to make clear the shaping of a comprehensive vision of the working of an open economy, building on the great work of Adam Smith in the Wealth of Nations, a development that was substantially affected by the contributions of David Ricardo. He shows that the Classical literature was in fact the work of a host of thinkers from a wide range of backgrounds." "Covering the intellectual roots of the Classical literature and its methodological approaches, and the developed theories of value, distribution, money, trade, population, economic growth, and public finance, and examining the Classical attitudes toward a rich variety of policy issues, The Classical Economists Revisited considers not only the achievements of the Classical writers but also their legacy to the later development of economics."--BOOK JACKET.