A History of Economic Thought (USED)

Description: Product Description : A History of Economic Thought Lionel Robbinss now famous lectures on the history of economic thought comprise one of the greatest accounts since World War II of the evolution of economic ideas This volume represents the first time those lectures have been publishedLord Robbins 18981984 was a remarkably accomplished thinker writer and public figure He made important contributions to economic theory methodology and policy analysis directed the economic section of Winston Churchills War Cabinet and served as chairman of the Financial Times As a historian of economic ideas he ranks with Joseph Schumpeter and Jacob Viner as one of the foremost scholars of the century These lectures delivered at the London School of Economics between 1979 and 1981 and taperecorded by Robbinss grandson display his mastery of the intellectual history of economics his infectious enthusiasm for the subject and his eloquence and incisive wit They cover a broad chronological range beginning with Plato Aristotle and Aquinas focusing extensively on Adam Smith Thomas Malthus and the classicals and finishing with a discussion of moderns and marginalists from Marx to Alfred Marshall Robbins takes a varied and inclusive approach to intellectual history As he says in his first lecture I shall go my own sweet waysometimes talk about doctrine sometimes talk about persons sometimes talk about periods The lectures are united by Robbinss conviction that it is impossible to understand adequately contemporary institutions and social sciences without understanding the ideas behind their developmentAuthoritative yet accessible combining the immediacy of the spoken word with Robbinss exceptional talent for clear wellorganized exposition this volume will be welcomed by anyone interested in the intellectual origins of the modern world( it is an used product )

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