A History of Economic Theory: Classic Contributions, 1720-1980

by Jürg Niehans

Book Overview

A History of Economic Theory offers a comprehensive account of the builders and building blocks of modern mainstream economics. Jurg Niehans shows how the analytical tools used by economists have evolved from the eighteenth century to the present. Niehans first surveys the development of classical economics from the scholastic and mercantilist traditions to Marx. He then follows the progress of marginalist economics from Thunen to Fischer...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801849764
• ISBN13: 9780801849763
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding Reference on Economists and their schools

The only book I've seen, outside the Palgrave reference book, that gives brief vignettes on different economists and their schools. Author does not mince words, writes strong, and gets to the point. A nice one-volume tome. Also includes some mathematics, which is nice.