01379nam a2200193 i 4500008004100000020002100041040000800062082001500070100002300085245005500108260003800163300004100201336002600242337002800268338002700296500002000323520082800343650001401171240115s1967                  001 0 eng d  a0140208909qpbk.  aGCL  a330.9bBAR10aBarber, William J.12aA History of Economic Thought /cWilliam J. Barber  aNew York :bPenguin Books,c1988.  a266 pages :billustrations ;c20 cm.  atextbrdacontent2txt  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes Index.  aMany of the issues that faced economists in the past are still with us. The theories and methods of such men as Adam Smith, T. R. Malthus, David Ricardo, J.S. Mill, Karl Marx, Alfred Marshall, and J. M. Keynes are often relevant to us today and we can always learn from their mistakes.

In this Pelican Professor Barber assesses the thought of a number of important economists both in terms of the issues of their day and in relation to modern economic thought. By concentrating on the greatest exponents he highlights the central properties of the four main schools of economic thought - classical, Marxian, neo-classical, and Keynesian - and shows that although each of these traditions is rooted in a different stage of economic development, they can all provide insights into the recurring problems of modern economics.  aEconomics