Economic Policy and the History of Economic Thought [Paperback]

1. Introduction  2. Economic policy in the prehistory of economics: A comparative framework  3. Mercantilism: A Project for Development  4. Physiocracy and Fiscal Reform: The Chimera of the Imp?t Unique  5. Post-Smithian Views on Poverty and Poor Relief  6. Karl Marx: A Critical View on Economic Policy  7. Economic Policy in Marginalist and Early Neoclassical Economics  8. The German Historical School on Economic Policy  9. The Old Institutional School and Labour Market Functions and Policies  10. Austrian Economics and Economic Policy  11. Keynes on Theorising for Policy  12. The Unfinished Revolution in Policy: The Visionary Legacy of Lord Keynes  13. Post-War Heterodox Approaches and Economic Policy  14. Policy Challenges, Ideologies, and the Evolution of Behavioural Economics  15. Fiscal Policy after the Crisis: What Role for Fiscal Policy in Times of Crisis and High Public Debts

This book discusses key issues in economic policy in the context of the history of economic thought.

This book discusses key issues in economic policy in the context of the history of economic thought.

Most of the current and past academic controversies in economics are, explicitly or implicitly, centred around the application and form of economic policy. This is particularly evident in the post-WWII period, with the appearance of economic policy as a distinguishable subfield, but important elements of various economic policy issues can be found throughout the history of economic thought. This book discusses various topics in economic policy  such as questions over state spending and taxation, income redistribution, and the role of money  with each chapter focusing on a particular period or major school of economic thought ranging from the prehistory of economics up to the presel£Ã