Grand Pursuit

Grand Pursuit
Author: Sylvia Nasar
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0684872994

An instant "New York Times" bestseller, from the author of "A Beautiful Mind": a sweeping history of the invention of modern economics that takes readers from Dickens' London to modern Calcutta.

Routledge Handbook of Major Events in Economic History

Routledge Handbook of Major Events in Economic History
Author: Randall E. Parker
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415677033

This book aims to introduce readers to the important macroeconomic events of the past two hundred years. It explains what went on and why during the most significant economic epochs of the nineteenth, twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and how where we are today fits in this historical timeline.

A Companion to the History of Economic Thought

A Companion to the History of Economic Thought
Author: Warren J. Samuels
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1405128968

Assembling contributions from top thinkers in the field, thiscompanion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration ofthe history of economic thought. The volume has a threefold focus:the history of economic thought, the history of economics as adiscipline, and the historiography of economic thought. Provides sophisticated introductions to a vast array oftopics. Focuses on a unique range of topics, including the history ofeconomic thought, the history of the discipline of economics, andthe historiography of economic thought.

Recharting the History of Economic Thought

Recharting the History of Economic Thought
Author: Kevin Deane
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 317
Release: 2020-04-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1137605251

This ground-breaking new textbook takes a thematic approach to the history of economic thought, introducing current economic issues and examining the relevant arguments of key economists. By taking this innovative approach, the book sets these pivotal ideas in a contemporary context, helping readers to engage with the material and see the applications to today's society and economy. Based on courses developed by the authors, the text introduces a range of perspectives and encourages critical reflection upon neoclassical economics. Through exposure to a broader spectrum of sometimes conflicting propositions, readers are able to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses and relevance of different economic theories. Recharting the History of Economic Thought is an invaluable companion for those taking courses in the History of Economic Thought, the Development of Economic Ideas, Developing Economic Thinking or Economic Thought and Policy. It will also appeal to anyone looking for an introduction to pluralist approaches to economics.

The Economic History of Colonialism

The Economic History of Colonialism
Author: Leigh Gardner
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2020-07-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1529207665

Debates about the origins and effects of European rule in the non-European world have animated the field of economic history since the 1850s. This pioneering text provides a concise and accessible resource that introduces key readings, builds connections between ideas and helps students to develop informed views of colonialism as a force in shaping the modern world. With special reference to European colonialism of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in both Asia and Africa, this book: • critically reviews the literature on colonialism and economic growth; • covers a range of different methods of analysis; • offers a comparative approach, as opposed to a collection of regional histories, deftly weaving together different themes. With debates around globalization, migration, global finance and environmental change intensifying, this authoritative account of the relationship between colonialism and economic development makes an invaluable contribution to several distinct literatures in economic history.

Spring 1951

Spring 1951
Author: Cove Creek Farm
Publisher:
Total Pages: 6
Release: 1951
Genre: Berries
ISBN:

Feeding the World

Feeding the World
Author: Giovanni Federico
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2010-12-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1400837723

In the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected, success story. Agriculture has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of products at falling prices, even as it has released a growing number of workers to the rest of the economy. This book, a comprehensive history of world agriculture during this period, explains how these feats were accomplished. Feeding the World synthesizes two hundred years of agricultural development throughout the world, providing all essential data and extensive references to the literature. It covers, systematically, all the factors that have affected agricultural performance: environment, accumulation of inputs, technical progress, institutional change, commercialization, agricultural policies, and more. The last chapter discusses the contribution of agriculture to modern economic growth. The book is global in its reach and analysis, and represents a grand synthesis of an enormous topic.

Irving Fisher

Irving Fisher
Author: Robert W. Dimand
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2019-03-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030051773

Acclaimed by Joseph Schumpeter as ‘The greatest economist the United States has ever produced’, this book examines the life and work of American economist and statistician Irving Fisher (1867–1947). Fisher’s reputation suffered for decades after his incorrect predictions for the stock market in October 1929 and the impact of Keynesian macroeconomics, but the importance of his work came to be recognized through the advocacy of many prestigious scholars including Milton Friedman, Hyman Minsky and James Tobin. With pivotal contributions including his Debt-Deflation Theory, Fisher Diagram and Ideal Index Number, his research in neoclassical economics influenced policymaking in his own day as well as during the recent financial crisis. This volume will be of interest to all those interested in the twentieth century transformation of economics.