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

ISBN-13: 9780367675721 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 184 str.

Lundahl, Mats

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; 1 Were good times really that bad? Mercantilist views on poverty and employment; 2 Adam Smith-a champion for the poor!; 3 Malthus and the poor; 4 David Ricardo on poverty; 5 Saving the poor: John Stuart Mill on poverty and the poor; 6 Marx and his followers on poverty; 7 Alfred Marshall, poverty and economic theory: a historical perspective; 8 Knut Wicksell and the causes of poverty: population growth and diminishing returns; 9 Gustav Cassel on poverty: growth, not grants!; 10 Eli Heckscher on poverty: causes and cures