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the development of economic thought the development of economic thought the development of economic thought an overview joseph r. cammarosano lexington books lanham • boulder • new york • london published by lexington books an imprint of the rowman & littlefield publishing group, inc. 4501 forbes boulevard, suite 200, lanham, maryland 20706 www.rowman.com unit a, whitacre mews, 26-34 stannary street, london se11 4ab copyright © 2018 by the rowman & littlefield publishing group, inc. all rights reserved. no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. british library cataloguing in publication information available library of congress cataloging-in-publication data available isbn 978-1-4985-7160-9 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-1-4985-7161-6 (electronic) the paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements …

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tended for students and others who are interested in an introduction or overview of the development of economic thought and the writers who contributed to it. it is also deigned to be a refresher for those who may have had a course in the development of economic thought during their undergraduate or graduate studies. in today’s pursuit of an undergraduate or even graduate degree with a concentration in economics, it is unlikely that the student will get much exposure to the study of those writers who were responsible for the very concepts and theories they are now studying. it also bears noting that in the post–world war ii era, economics has become much more mathematical, concentrating on quantitative economics, statistics, and econometrics to the exclusion of the social and philosophical aspects of the discipline. there is no questioning the intentions of this approach to move economics from the social to …

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which the reader can proceed to the original works of the writers on economic subjects and the more exhaustive commentaries on them. economics as a formal subject of learning is of comparatively recent origin, but man has always had to deal with economic matters. economic issues have impacted all aspects of life and so it is not surprising that many of the writings in philosophy, religion, politics, and history had an economic dimension associated with them. it was, therefore, from these writings and even the scriptures that many of our economic concepts evolved. for example, the old testament makes reference to private property, labor, and money, while the new testament, in addition to money, makes reference to the payment of taxes. the schoolmen of the medieval period, although primarily concerned with the moral aspects of taking interest, implicitly justified some aspects of it on the basis of opportunity cost. significantly, …

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the institutionalists, and john maynard keynes—all works to be reviewed in the pages that follow. regrettably, that era which ran for more than two thousand years has come to a close. that period is gone. the work of present-day economists is not in the tradition of the past. although economics has always had a good number of mathematically trained economists, starting with cournot followed by cassel, walras, jevons, wicksell, edgeworth, marshall, fisher, keynes, and others, for them mathematics was a tool to help them develop their thoughts which they then presented in terms understandable to the reader. a good example is presented in marshall’s principles of economics in which the text is devoid of mathematics, but can be found in the appendix of his book. notwithstanding the fairly wide use of mathematics over the course of its history economics continued to be the handmaiden of logic and philosophy for the …

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oning of the economy, public policy and the other diverse interests of humankind?” at present, less mathematically gifted graduate students spend more time in mastering mathematics than “becoming wise and imaginative observers of history, politics and social problems.” the danger lies in divorcing economic analysis from the human aspects of life and removing the discipline from the social sciences.5 regrettably, rigor has become more important than relevance and form counts for more than matter. notwithstanding the efforts of economists to elevate economics to the status of a pure science, mathematicians and natural scientists contend that the discipline is scientifically immature.6 in truth the problem is not that economics has not had sufficient time to mature, but that it is difficult, if not impossible, to quantify human behavior. therefore, at some point, economists may have to reassess their role and strike a better balance between what they are doing and their …

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the development of economic thought the development of economic thought the development of economic thought an overview joseph r. cammarosano lexington books lanham • boulder • new york • london published by lexington books an imprint of the rowman & littlefield publishing group, inc. 4501 forbes boulevard, suite 200, lanham, maryland 20706 www.rowman.com unit a, whitacre mews, 26-34 stannary street, london se11 4ab copyright © 2018 by the rowman & littlefield publishing group, inc. all rights reserved. no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. british library …

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