The Making of the Classical Theory of Economic Growth Contributor(s): Brewer, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415486203 ISBN-13: 9780415486200 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Economic History |
Dewey: 330.153 |
LCCN: 2009045677 |
Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Economics |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 9.2" (1.05 lbs) 224 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book collects together for the first time Anthony Brewer's work on the origins and development of the theory of economic growth from its eighteenth-century beginnings to its dominance in economic thinking in the nineteenth century. The key to the origins of the theory is that writers before Turgot and Smith, though they laid the foundations for later work, had no concept of continuing growth. This book looks at many of the key players such as Smith, Hume, Ferguson, Steuart, Turgot, West and Rae and is tied together with a rigorous introduction and a new chapter on capital accumul |