Academic Economics in Holland 18001870 [Hardcover]

I. Introduction.- II. The Dutch Economy: 1600???1870.- III. King William I, Van Hogendorp, and Dutch Economic Policy in the early Nineteenth Century.- The Economic Ideas of William I (1772???1843).- The Economic Ideas of Gijsbert Karel van Hogendorp (1762???1834).- IV. The Structure of higher Education in Holland during the Nineteenth Century.- V. The Human Context of the Development of Economics.- Academic Economists.- Economists in the Reaching Profession.- Economists with Alternative Positions.- Some Generalizations about the Careers of Dutch Economists.- Contributors who were not Economists.- VI. Dutch Economic Thought 1800???1870: Its Nature.- Policy-oriented Writings.- Pauperism, Population, and Wages.- Corn Laws.- Currency Problems.- Banking Issues.- Public Finance.- Historical Writings.- Theoretical Writings.- Generalizations Concerning the Nature of Dutch Economic Thought.- VII. The Impact of Foreign Schools on Dutch Economic Thought.- Brief illustrations of Dutch Economic Thought during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.- Foreign Influences on Dutch Economists during the nineteenth Century.- Some Generalizations about the Foreign Impact on Dutch Economic Thought.- VIII. Summary and Interpretation.- The Conflict between Law and Economics.- Status of Academic Economics versus that of Economics as a Profession.- The Policy-Orientedness of Dutch Economics.- The Emphasis of Dutch Economists on Popularization.- The Effect of the Cleavage between Economics and Law upon Conceptions of the Role of Theory.- Appendix A.- Selected Bibliography.