Poverty in the History of Economic Thought: From Mercantilism to Neoclassical Economics

ISBN-13: 9780367354237 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 184 str.

Mats Lundahl; Daniel Rauhut; Neelambar Hatti

Opis

This book aims to describe and critically examine how economic thought deals with poverty and the poor, including its causes, consequences, reduction, and abolition.

Spis treści

Introduction: economic thought and poverty

MATS LUNDAHL, DANIEL RAUHUT AND NEELAMBAR HATTI

1 Were good times really that bad? Mercantilist views on poverty and employment

LARS MAGNUSSON

2 Adam Smith—a champion for the poor!

DANIEL RAUHUT

3 Malthus and the poor

MARTIN DRIBE

4 David Ricardo on poverty

CHRISTIAN GEHRKE

5 Saving the poor: John Stuart Mill on poverty and the poor

DANIEL RAUHUT

6 Marx and his followers on poverty

JOHAN LÖNNROTH

7 Alfred Marshall, poverty and economic theory: a historical perspective

CARL-AXEL OLSSON

8 Knut Wicksell and the causes of poverty: population growth and diminishing returns

MATS LUNDAHL

9 Gustav Cassel on poverty: growth, not grants!

BENNY CARLSON

10 Eli Heckscher on poverty: causes and cures

BENNY CARLSON