Economic Thought: A Brief History
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (830 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231172591 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-17 |
| Language | : | German |
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With a keen eye for how economic insights are acquired, lost, and reborn, Kurz focuses on the dynamic individuals who give old ideas new life and the historical events that provoke different approaches and theories. Arrow. He concludes with a deft summation of world economists' major concerns today and their critical relation to world events.. Kurz traces the long arc of economic thought from its emergence in ancient Greece to its systematic presentation among the classical thinkers of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to the influential work of scholars such as Paul Samuelson and Kenneth J. Over the cour
Despite this breadth, Heinz D. Nelson, Columbia University)The curious reader could not ask for a better guide to the significance of the history of economics than Kurz, who has distilled his many years of scholarship into this fine, easily readable book. (Ian Steedman, Manchester Metropolitan University)An excellent read both for economists trained in the current traditions who want to know more about how their field evolved and for general readers looking for a broad but relatively compact history of economic thought. An enjoyable and well-organized history that will attract many readers to this highly readable treatise on the 'dismal science.' (Amartya Sen, Harvard University)Economic Thought ranges from harvest details on ancient Babylonian clay tablets to select recent developments i
Heinz D. He has also taught at numerous universities around the world, including Cambridge University and the New School for Social Research. His books in English include Theory of Production: A Long-Period Analysis and Understanding "Classical" Economics: Studies in Long Period Theory. Kurz is professor of economics at the University of Graz in Austria and founder of the Graz Schumpeter Centre.
I was attracted by the title and did no know Gavin Kennedy I was attracted by the title and did no know of it, but it was rather stale 'old hat' (as we say in Scotland). May suit a student for a quick summary of the subject, but not a specialist.No problems with delivery from Amazon.. "Five Stars" according to Chris. A very comprehensive historical background of economic thought.. DarrenIngram_dot_com said Interesting. Trying to distil economic ideas and theory from the start of time to the present day into a relatively small, understandable and interesting book, which is suitable both for the general reader and economics expert is no easy task: yet the author seems to have achieved this with aplomb.Clearly this is not going to be a definitive work or the only economics textbook you may need, yet it is a pleasurable romp through history that shows how economics and underlying theories have developed over time. It was not an onerous read and it cert