Description
The history of economic thought has always attracted some of the brightest minds in the discipline. These chroniclers of development have helped form our current views, and it is no surprise that many among them have been at the forefront of new movements in the history of ideas.This notable collection summarizes the work of these key historians of
Table of Contents
lntroduction 1 1 The skills of freedom: the liberal education of William J. Barber 2 Mark Blaug as a historian of economic thought 3 Bob Coats and the historicizing of economic policy 4 Verve and versatility: NeU De Marchi and the culture of economics 5 Mauriee Dobb, historical materialism, and economic thought 6 The craft of William D. Grampp: historian of economics 7 F. A. Hayek as an intellectual historian of economics 8 From Adam Smith to John Stuart Mill: Samuel Hollander and the classical economists 9 S. Todd Lowry and ancient Greek economic thought: an interpretation 10 Ronald Meek and the rehabilitation of surplus economics 11 Philip Mirowski as a historian of economic thought 12 Donald E. Moggridge as an historian of economic thought 13 D. P. O'Brien's contribution to the history of economic analysis 14 Joan Robinson's economics: using the history of economic thought as a discovery tool 15 Henry William Spiegel: historian of economic thought 16 Werner Stark and the sociology of knowledge approach to the history of economics 17 Roy Weintraub's contribution to the history of economics 18 Donald Winch as intellectual historian
