On revolutions and progress in economic knowledge

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On revolutions and progress in economic knowledge

T.W. Hutchison

(Modern revivals in economics)

Gregg Revivals, 1992

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"First published in Great Britain in 1978 by the Syndics of Cambridge University Press. Reprint in 1992 by Gregg Revivals"--T.p. verso

Bibliography: p. [321]-338

Includes indexes

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Description

A collection of critical essays on the three main "revolutions" in the history of economic thought: the Smithian "revolution"; the marginal or neo-classical "revolution"; and the Keynesian "revolution". Also examined is the methodological "revolution" of James Mill and Ricardo.

Table of Contents

  • The wealth of nations and the smithian revolution
  • James Mill and richardian economics - a methodological revolution?
  • the decline and fall of English classical political economy and the Jevonian revolution
  • the Jevonian revolution and economic policy in Britain
  • the Keynesian revolution and the history of economic thought
  • demythologizing the Keynesian revolution - Pigou, wage-cuts, and the general theory
  • the Keynesian revolution, uncertainty, and deductive general theory
  • economists and the history of economics - revolutionary and traditional versions
  • on recent revolutionary versions of hte history of economics
  • on the influence and effects on poloicies of economic ideas and theories
  • on revolutions and progress in economic knowledge - definitions and conclusions.

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