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The hesitant hand : taming self-interest in the history of economic ideas / Steven G. Medema.
- Title
- The hesitant hand : taming self-interest in the history of economic ideas / Steven G. Medema.
- Author
- Medema, Steven G.
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2009.
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| Text | Request in advance | HB95 .M43 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 230 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Adam Smith and His Ancestors -- Ch. 2. Harnessing Self-Interest: Mill, Sidgwick, and the Evolution of the Theory of Market Failure -- Ch. 3. Marginalizing the Market: Marshall, Pigou, and the Pigovian Tradition -- Ch. 4. Marginalizing Government I: From La Scienza delle Finanze to Wicksell -- Ch. 5. Coase's Challenge -- Ch. 6. Marginalizing Government II: The Rise of Public Choice Analysis -- Ch. 7. Legal Fiction: The Coase Theorem and the Evolution of Law and Economics -- Epilogue: Everywhere, Self-Interest? -- References.
- ISBN
- 9780691122960 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0691122962 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009004860
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries