A History of American Economic Thought: Mainstream and Crosscurrents

ISBN-13: 9780367864538 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 258 str.

Samuel Barbour; James Cicarelli; J. E. King

Opis

This book is a comprehensive study of American economics as it has evolved over time, with several singularly unique features including: a thorough examination of the economics of American aboriginals prior to 1492; a detailed discussion of American economics as it has developed during the last fifty years; and a generous dose of non-mainstream

Spis treści

Chapter 1. Setting the Table

Chapter 2. Economic Thought Among American Aboriginals Prior to European Contact

Chapter 3. Economic Thought in America’s Protohistorical Period

Chapter 4. Economic Thought in Eighteenth-Century America Prior to Independence

Chapter 5. Economic Thought in the New Nation, 1776–1885

Chapter 6. Economic Thought in an Era of Abundance and Anxiety, 1886–1928

Chapter 7. Economic Thought from the Great Depression through the Golden Age of Economic Growth, 1929–1973

Chapter 8. Economic Thought from Stagflation and Sustained Growth to the Great Recession and Beyond, 1974–2017

O autorze

Samuel Barbour studied economics at Roosevelt University in Chicago and teaches community college classes and writes occasional thought pieces for publication.

James Cicarelli is a Professor of Economics at Roosevelt University and is co-author of Distinguished Women Economists and "Back to the Future of Economics."

J. E. King retired from LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia, in July 2013, and was appointed Emeritus Professor in August 2014. His continuing research interests are in the history of heterodox economic thought, particularly Marxian political economy and Post Keynesian economics.