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A Concise History of Economic Thought: From Mercantilism to Monetarism 2003rd Edition
Author(s): G. Vaggi (Author), P. Groenewegen (Author)
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 3 Dec. 2002
- Edition: 2003rd
- Language: English
- Print length: 357 pages
- ISBN-10: 1403987394
- ISBN-13: 9781403987396
Book Description
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Review
‘ A Concise History of Economic Thought is exactly the book I have always wanted to prescribe for undergraduate classes in the history of economic thought. Written by two eminent scholars, it provides a clear convincing outline of the principal developments in our discipline combined with clear, absorbing accounts of the major episodes, contributors and their contributions on the way. It is an authoritative and definitive text, a wonderful read, an example of mature scholarship at its best, backed up by well chosen additional readings in each chapter.’ – G.C. Harcourt, Jesus College, Cambridge, UK
About the Author
PETER GROENEWEGEN is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published a number of books on the history of economic thought, including a widely acclaimed biography of Alfred Marshall, a collection in translation of Turgot’s major writings on economics, and three volumes of his essays on the history of economics. As Director of the Centre for the Study of the History of Economic Thought from 1989 to 2003, he edited several volumes of conference proceedings on subjects ranging from economics and ethics, to women and economics, and physicians and political economy, as well as a series of reprints of economic classics. In 2005 his services to the subject were recognised by both the History of Economics Society which named him as one of its distinguished fellows, and the European Society of the History of Economic Thought which made him one of its honorary members.
