Jean-Baptiste Say and the Classical Canon in Economics: The British Connection in French Classicism

ISBN-13: 9780415323383 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 336 str.

Samuel Hollander

Opis

This book explores the perceived paradigmatic conflict within British classical economics between the so called 'Ricardo School' and the contemporary French Economics of Jean-Baptiste Say. Samuel Hollander provides the reader with extensive evidence, utilising all editions of Say's main texts and his lesser-known writings, in order to demonstrate Say's adherence to much of Ricardian theory. The book focuses on selected doctorinal issues and the surrounding debates including: * value and distribution with extension to growth theory * real income and its measurement with implications for trade and taxation * 'Law of Markets' This intriguing book will interest all serious historians of economic thought and will find a place on the bookshelves of many economists across the world.

Spis treści

1 Introduction 1 The classical canon 2 Value, distribution and growth before 1823 3 Value, distribution and growth after 1823 4 On ‘riches’: real income and its measurement 5 The Law of Markets 6 Say and the classical canon: an overview 7 Conclusion

O autorze

Samuel Hollander is University Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Officer in the Order of Canada. He has published nine books, three of these have been with Routledge. He is currently Professor of economics at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.