40 Years of Economics: Tributes to Richard Arena and his Impact on Economic Thought [Hardcover]

This book is written in honour of Richard Arena, Professor of Economics at the University of the C?te d'Azur and a specialist in the history of economic thought. Written by distinguished scholars and historians of economic thought, this volume covers various scientific topics that Richard Arena has dealt with during his 40 years of academic activity. It features contributions on the theory and history of economic analysis, covering economic thinking from the 19th and 20th centuries through the post-war period to Cambridge economics and the Sraffa period. It also includes contributions on economic modelling, economic philosophy and ontology. This book will be of interest to anyone interested in the history of economics and, in particular, the work of Richard Arena.

Part I. Introduction.- Chapter 1. Introduction (Muriel Dal Pont Legrand).- Part II. A conversation with Richard Arena.- Chapter 2. “Economy, history and society: an embedded view . A conversation with Richard Arena (Sandye Gloria).- Part III. The Inspiring 19th.- Chapter 3. Sismondi: prices, markets, wealth and happiness (Pascal Bridel).- Chapter 4. Nineteenth-Century French Liberal Economists’ Reading of Ricardo through the Lenses of their Fear of Socialism (Nathalie Sigot).- Chapter 5. The exploitation of the globe and nature. The blind spot of environmental considerations in Saint Simonian Industrialism (Michel Bellet).- Chapter 6. Paths to a new historiographical territory: international crossings, visiting economists, travelling models (Annie L. Cot).- Chapter 7. Walras’ Economie Pure vs Marshall’s Economics? Some insights on economics as a social science (Katia Caldari).- Part IV: Interwar episodes.- Chapter 8. Hayek‘s Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle (Harald Hagemann).- Chapter 9. Corridor stability in early history of Macroeconomics (Michael Assous).- Chapter 10. When General Theory met French politics: the historicall³’