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The trend of economic thinking : essays on political economists and economic history

Title
The trend of economic thinking : essays on political economists and economic history / F.A. Hayek ; edited by W. W. Bartley III and Stephen Kresge.
Author
Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899-1992.
Publication
Indianapolis : Liberty Fund, [2009]

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Additional Authors
  • Bartley, William Warren, 1934-1990.
  • Kresge, Stephen.
Description
xi, 388 pages; 23 cm.
Series Statement
  • The collected works of F. A. Hayek
  • Hayek, Friedrich A. von (Friedrich August), 1899-1992. Works. 1989.
Subject
  • Economics > History
  • Economists > History
  • Economic history
Note
  • Originally published: London : Routledge, 1991.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Pt. I. THE ECONOMIST AND HIS DISMAL TASK. The trend of economic thinking -- On being an economist -- Two types of mind -- History and politics -- Pt. II. THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN BRITAIN. Francis Bacon : progenitor of scientism (1561-1626) -- Dr. Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733) -- The legal and political philosophy David Hume (1711-1776) -- Addendum : a discovery about Hume by Keynes and Sraffa -- Adam Smith (1723-1790) : his message in today's language -- Addendum : review, Adam Smith as student and professor -- Pt. III. ENGLISH MONETARY POLICY AND THE BULLION DEBATE. Genesis of the gold standard in response to English coinage policy in the 17th and 18th centuries -- First paper money in 18th-century France -- The period of restrictions, 1797-1821, and the bullion debate in England -- The dispute between the currency school and the banking school, 1821-1848 -- Richard Cantillion (c. 1680-1734) -- Addenda : on Higgs -- Henry Thornton (1760-1815) -- Pt. IV. CURRENTS OF THOUGHT IN THE 19TH CENTURY. Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850), Jules Dupuit (1804-1866), and Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810-1858).
ISBN
  • 9780865977426 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0865977429 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2008028280
  • 99933277097
OCLC
  • ocn233484969
  • 233484969
  • SCSB-9038900
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Columbia University Libraries