Toward a History of Applied Economics: 2000 Supplement Volume 32

by Roger E. Backhouse

Histories of economic thought have generally focused on the development of economic theory, notably value and distribution. The activity of applying economic theory to the understanding of particular situations and the solution of specific problems, though a part of the work of economists for several generations, has received relatively little attention from historians of economics. Toward a History of Applied Economics explores such themes as changes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822364859
• ISBN13: 9780822364856
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"