History of Economic Analysis: With a New Introduction - Softcover

Schumpeter, Joseph A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195105591 ISBN 13: 9780195105599

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1996

Synopsis

At the time of his death in 1950, Joseph Schumpeter--one of the great economists of the first half of the 20th century--was working on his monumental History of Economic Analysis. A complete history of efforts to understand the subject of economics from ancient Greece to the present, this book is an important contribution to the history of ideas as well as to economics. Although never fully completed, it has gained recognition as a modern classic due to its broad scope and original examination of significant historical events. Complete with a new introduction by Mark Perlman, who outlines the structure of the book and puts Schumpeters work into current perspective, History of Economic Analysis remains a reflection of Schumpeters diverse interests in history, philosophy, sociology, and psychology. Major topics include the techniques of economic analysis, contemporaneous developments in other sciences, and the sociology of economics; economic writings from Plato and Aristotle up through the time of Adam Smith, including the medieval scholastics and natural-law philosophers; the work of Malthus, Mill, Ricardo, Marx, and the important European economists; the history, sociology, psychology, and economics of the period 1879-1914; and modern economic developments. Schumpeter perceived economics as a human science, and this lucid and insightful volume reflects that perception, creating a work that is of major importance to the history of economics.

About this title

About the Author:

Joseph Alois Schumpeter (1883-1950) was an economist from Austria and a giant in the history of economic thought.

Review:

"A great history, combining a wealth of research that would do credit to ten men with a breadth of understanding that only very few can achieve."--Robert L. Heilbroner, The Nation

"In its scope, in its grasp of related disciplines, in its display of erudition and in its charm of style, this book is one of the truly outstanding works in the social sciences. It will be a bible for students of economics."-- The New York Times Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0195105591
• ISBN 13: 9780195105599
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1320
• Editor: Schumpeter Elizabeth Boody