History of Scottish Economic Thought

Modern economics has, at its foundation, scholarly contributions from many prominent Scottish thinkers. This revealing work examines the roots of this great tradition, places in perspective a selection of authors, and assesses their contribution over three centuries in the light of a distinctive Sco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Dow, Alexander Dow, author (author), Dow, Sheila, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Taylor & Francis 2006.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745304006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. John Law and the Scottish Enlightenment
  • 3. Francis Hutcheson
  • 4. David Hume as a Political Economist
  • 5. Sir James Steuart: Principles of Political Oeconomy
  • 6. Adam Smith: Real Newtonian
  • 7. Adam Smith: Common Sense and Aesthetics in the Age of Experiments
  • 8. James Mill as Economist: Theory Dominated by Deductive Method
  • 9. John Ramsay McCulloch
  • 10. The Place of Thomas Chalmers in Scottish Political Economy
  • 11. John Rae
  • 12. Economics in the Scottish Universities from the Late Nineteenth Century
  • 13. Applied Economics in the Twentieth Century
  • 14. Postscript.