The State and the Economic System: An Introduction to the History of Political Economy

by Phyllis Deane

This book traces the history of economic thought over the last 300 years, from its emergence as a scientific discipline in the 17th century to the present. More than a conventional history, the book focuses on the evolution of the discipline in the light of the moral, scientific, and political ideas and attitudes with which each new generation of economists has developed its distinctive vision of a changing economic system. Deane balances the twin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192891693
• ISBN13: 9780192891693
• Release Date: February 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"