Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
- Published by: Yale University Press; Reprint edition October 28, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0300126069
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0300126068
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 15.2 ounces
From Booklist
Sowell sets forth a series of essays on one of the stages through which economics developed before emerging into today's discipline. He considers classical economics as the period between the 1770s and the 1870s, beginning with Adam Smith's
The Wealth of Nations. We learn about the continuum of thought extending through classical macroeconomics, microeconomics, and methodology. His essay, "Sismondi" (J. C. L. Simonde de Sismondi), highlights the economic concepts and theories of a little-known figure whose historian's approach and lack of intellectual training and rigor relegated him unknown status. Sowell explores the ideas and contributions of John Stuart Mill as well as Karl Marx's systems of thought, which must be studied within the context of his time, those who influenced him, and economic theory in general. This historical review in the form of essays is important and insightful scholarship but is necessarily technical and hence will be a helpful resource to library patrons with a background in economics.
Mary WhaleyCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Product Review
"'Sowell is one of the country's leading social commentators - without qualification. His scholarship is not only voluminous but wide-ranging, covering everything from education and law to political philosophy, migration and the history of ideas.' Jason L. Riley, Wall Street Journal"
Reader Reviews
This review is from: On Classical Economics (Hardcover)
This book is more for the trained economist then Dr. Sowell's previous books, Basic Economics and Advanced Economics. While some terms will be unfamiliar to the general reader, with care it is still possible to follow his analysis. I especially found his assessment of Marx to be useful. And not to be found anywhere else.
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