Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on Public Finance in the History of Economic Thought: Vol 38

Fiorito, Luca (Editor)/ Scheall, Scott (Editor)/ Suprinyak, Carlos Eduardo (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1838677003 / ISBN 13: 9781838677008

Published by Emerald Group Pub Ltd, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology: Including a Symposium on Public Finance in the History of Economic Thought: Vol 38
• Publisher: Emerald Group Pub Ltd
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1838677003
• ISBN 13: 9781838677008
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.39 kilograms

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Synopsis

Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology Volume 38A features a symposium on public finance in the history of economic thought co-edited by guest editors Claire Silvant and Javier San Julián Arrupe, as well as general-research essays from Cosma Orsi and John Henry, and a heartfelt obituary by Mattheus Assaf of his friend, Gabriel Oliva, winner of RHETM's first Warren Samuels Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology.

Including chapters on British public debt in the 19th century, French financial controversies in the mid-1800s, and a thoughtful reflection on the USA's New Deal, this volume is a global exploration of public finance history. For any researcher or student interested in the history of economics, this is an essential read containing the most up-to-date research.

About the Author

Luca Fiorito received his PhD in economics from the New School for Social Research in New York and is currently Professor at the University of Palermo. His main area of interest is the history of American economic thought in the Progressive Era and the interwar years. He has published many works on the contributions of the institutionalists and on the relationship between economics and eugenics.  

Scott Scheall is Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Social Science in Arizona State University's College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, as well as Project Director for the History of Economic Thought in Arizona State University's Center for the Study of Economic Liberty. He has published extensively on topics related to the history and philosophy of the Austrian School of Economics. 

Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak is Associate Professor of Economics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. He specializes in the history and methodology of economics, studying the interplay of social, political, and economic ideas in early modern England, and the institutionalization of economics in Brazil during the postwar era. He has published several papers on these and related themes in peer-reviewed scholarly journals, and is also the co-editor of The Political Economy of Latin American Independence (Routledge, 2017).