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Monetary Economics, History of
2008As with so much else in the Western tradition, theorizing about the role of money can be traced back to Plato and Aristotle in the fourth century bce, although they may have drawn on pre-Socratic philosophers whose works survive, if at all, only in fragments. In his Republic (1974), Plato remarked that money was a symbol devised to make exchange easier.
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Economic Interpretation of History
1987Marxism does not possess a monopoly of the economic interpretation of history. Other theories of this kind can be formulated — for instance that which can be found in the very distinguished work of Karl Polanyi, dividing the history of mankind into three stages, each defined by a different type of economy.
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History of economics, economics and economic history in Britain, 1824 – 2000
The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2004This paper tells the story of the field of the history of economic thought in relation to the changing boundaries between the disciplines of economics and economic history. The most important period was the late nineteenth century when, after a couple of decades during which both economists and historians took an interest in the history of economic ...
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2017
As a broad introduction to the history of economic thought - based on courses the authors have taught for many years - this book provides a magisterial overview for students and teachers who have not had the opportunity to cover the development of the field of economics in its historical context. <br><br>The text is presented as a series of
Backhouse, Roger, Tribe, K
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As a broad introduction to the history of economic thought - based on courses the authors have taught for many years - this book provides a magisterial overview for students and teachers who have not had the opportunity to cover the development of the field of economics in its historical context. <br><br>The text is presented as a series of
Backhouse, Roger, Tribe, K
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Economic history and history of economics: In praise of an old relationship
The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 2013AbstractThis paper argues against the distance which has been growing between economic history and history of economic thought (HET). Two examples, drawn from the history of monetary theory, are provided of how neglecting the historical background may lead to erroneous interpretations and prevent a correct assessment of the position that a work ...
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Social Science History, 1991
In a well-known paper published some years ago Donald McCloskey (1976) addressed his fellow economists on the importance of history to their discipline. He argued that greater emphasis on economic history would make for better economics and for better economists. It cannot be said that McCloskey’s arguments were taken to heart.
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In a well-known paper published some years ago Donald McCloskey (1976) addressed his fellow economists on the importance of history to their discipline. He argued that greater emphasis on economic history would make for better economics and for better economists. It cannot be said that McCloskey’s arguments were taken to heart.
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Legal History As Economic History
2018Abstract Over the past century, legal history and economic history developed as separate fields of scholarship. Their separation reflects an understanding of law and economy as distinct objects that may be pulled apart and each analysed apart from the other.
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continuity in economic history
1987Continuity and discontinuity are devices of story-telling, telling the story of monetary policy over the past few months or the story of modern economic growth. They raise certain questions in philosophy and lesser matters, such as precedence and politics.
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Southern Economic Journal, 1936
Not long ago an eminent American economist, in a conversation with the writer of this article, expressed great impatience with history. He said in effect that history seemed to him a hopeless jumble of events and personalities held together by no system or logic of relationships.
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Not long ago an eminent American economist, in a conversation with the writer of this article, expressed great impatience with history. He said in effect that history seemed to him a hopeless jumble of events and personalities held together by no system or logic of relationships.
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2017
This introductory chapter takes a brief look into the life and career of Arthur Cecil Pigou, as an economist and as a historical figure. Pigou lived through at least two periods of radical transition in the economic discipline. During the first, in the early 1900s, he was a pioneer, a new breed of economist who helped usher out the age of political ...
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This introductory chapter takes a brief look into the life and career of Arthur Cecil Pigou, as an economist and as a historical figure. Pigou lived through at least two periods of radical transition in the economic discipline. During the first, in the early 1900s, he was a pioneer, a new breed of economist who helped usher out the age of political ...
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