A History of Modern Economic Analysis

Roger E. Backhouse

First published by Basil Blackwell, Oxford.

© Roger E. Backhouse 1985

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Contents
Preface

1. Introduction

I BACKGROUND: POLITICAL ECONOMY BEFORE 1870
2. Adam Smith
3. Ricardo’s theory of value and distribution
4. Alternatives to Ricardian economics
5. Money and commercial crises
6. International trade and economic policy

II THE NEW SYSTEMS, 1870-1890
7. Jevons
8. Walras
9. Menger and the Austrian School
10. Marshall
11. Clark
12. Marx
13. The 1870s as a turning point

III THE NEOCLASSICAL PERIOD, 1890-1939
14. Equilibrium analysis [pdf]
15. Welfare economics [pdf]
16. Money and the trade cycle [pdf]
17. International trade and colonies [pdf]
18. Alternative approaches [pdf]
19. Economics and policy in Britain [pdf]
20. Scope and method in neoclassical economics [pdf]

IV THE MODERN PERIOD, 1939-1980
21. The 1930s as a turning point  [pdf]
22. Scope and method   [pdf]
23. Microeconomic theory   pdf
24. Welfare economics   pdf
25. Growth and capital   pdf
26. Money, employment and inflation   pdf
27. International trade and development   pdf
28. Alternative approaches   pdf
29. Economics and policy in Britain, 1939-1980  pdf
30 Contemporary economics   pdf

Notes   pdf
Bibliographical note   pdf
Bibliography   pdf
Index

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