(Ebook PDF) History of economic thought 4th Edition by Harry Landreth, David Colander ISBN 0618133941 9780618133949 full chapters

1. Introduction

• The Central Focus of Modern Economic Thought

• Our Approach to the History of Economic Thought

• The Role of Heterodox Economists

• The Problems of Presenting Diversity

• Methodological Issues

• Benefits to Be Gained from the Study of the History of Economic Thought

Appendix for Chapter 1

• The Profession of Economics and Its Methodology

• The Spread of Economic Ideas

• The Evolution of Methodological Thought

I. Preclassical Economics

2. Early Preclassical Economic Thought

• Important Writers

• Some Broad Generalizations

• Non-Western Economic Thought

  • Greek Thought

  • Arab-Islamic Thought

• Scholasticism

3. Mercantilism, Physiocracy, and Other Precursors of Classical Economic Thought

• Important Writers

• Mercantilism

• Influential Precursors of Classical Thought

• Physiocracy

• Spanish Economic Thought

II. Classical Economic Thought, and Its Critics

4. Adam Smith

• The Breadth of Adam Smith

• Smith’s Analysis of Markets and Policy Conclusions

• The Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

• International Trade

• Value Theory

• Distribution Theory

• Welfare and the General Level of Prices

5. Ricardo and Malthus

• David Ricardo: A Theorist’s Theorist

• The Malthusian Population Doctrine

• Ricardo: Method, Policy, Scope

• Ricardo’s Model

• Ricardo’s Theory of Land Rent

• Ricardo’s Value Theory

• Ricardian Distribution Theory

• Comparative Advantage

• Stability and Growth in a Capitalistic Economy

6. J.S. Mill and the Decline of Classical Economics

• Post-Ricardian Developments

• J.S. Mill: The Background of His Thought

• Millian Economics

7. Karl Marx and His Critique of Classical Economics

• An Overview of Marx

• Marx’s Economic Theories

• Marx’s Analysis of Capitalism

III. Neoclassical Economic Thought and Its Critics

8. Jevons, Menger, and the Foundations of Marginal Analysis

• Important Writers

• Historical Links

• Jevons, Menger, and Walras

• Second-Generation Austrians

9. The Transition to Neoclassical Economics: Marginal Analysis Extended

• Important Writers

• Marginal Analysis Extended: The Second Generation

• Marginal Productivity Theory

• Profits and Interest

10. Alfred Marshall and Neoclassical Economics

• Marshall’s Claim to Being the Father of Neoclassicism

11. Walras and General Equilibrium Theory

• Walras’s General Equilibrium System

• Vilfredo Pareto

12. Institutional and Historical Critics of Neoclassical Economics

• Important Writers

• Methodological Controversy

• Thorstein Veblen

• Wesley Clair Mitchell

• John R. Commons

• John A. Hobson

13. Austrian Critique of Neoclassical Economics and the Debate about Socialism and Capitalism

• Important Writers

• Defining Capitalism and Socialism

• The Emergence of Capitalistic Thought

• The Evolution of Austrian Thought

• The Development of Socialist Economic Thought

• The Debate Concerning Economic Systems

IV. Modern Economics and Its Critics

14. The Development of Modern Microeconomic Theory

• Important Writers

• The Movement Away from Marshallian Economics

• The Formalist Revolution in Microeconomics

• Milton Friedman and the Chicago Approach to Microeconomics

• Problems with Modern Applied Economics

• A Comparison of Neoclassical and Modern Microeconomics

15. The Development of Modern Macroeconomic Thought

• Important Writers

• Historical Forerunners of Modern Macroeconomics

• Keynesian Macroeconomics

• Modern Macroeconomics

16. The Development of Econometrics and Empirical Methods in Economics

• Important Writers

• Empirical Economics

• Neoclassical Economics and Empirical Analysis

• Macroeconomics and Empirical Analysis

• The Rise of Econometrics

• The Fall from Scientific Grace of Macroeconomics

• Bayesian Econometrics

• Experimental Economists

17. The Development of Modern Heterodox Economic Thought

• Important Writers

• Radicals

• Modern Institutionalists, Quasi-Institutionalists, and Neoinstitutionalists

  • Quasi-Institutionalists

  • Neoinstitutionalists

• Post-Keynesians

• Public Choice Advocates

• Austrian Economics

• Other Heterodox Economic Groups