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<p><em>List of Illustrations</em></p> <p><strong>Chapter 1: An Overview of the History of Economic Ideas</strong></p> <p>Why Study the History of Economic Ideas?</p> <p>A Very Brief Summary of 2,000 Years of Economic Ideas </p> <p>References </p> <p>Suggestions for Further Reading and Online Resources </p><b> <p>Chapter 2: The Ethical Foundations of Economics </p></b> <p>Chapter Overview </p> <p>The Idea of Justice in Ancient Economic Thought </p> <p>Ethics and Economics in the Scholastic Tradition </p> <p>Adam Smith's Moral Philosophy </p> <p>Utilitarianism in Modern Economics </p> <p>Modern Welfare Economics: ParetoEfficiency and Social Welfare </p> <p>The Ethical Perspectives of Rawls and Sen </p> <p>Insights from Behavioral and Experimental Economics </p> <p>Chapter Conclusion </p> <p>Questions for Review and Discussion </p> <p>References </p><b> <p>Chapter 3: Property Rights from Plato to the 21st Century </p></b> <p>Chapter Overview </p> <p>Theories of Property Rights in the Ancient World </p> <p>The Idea of Property in the Middle Ages 86</p> <p>Property Rights in the Age of Enlightenment and Classical Economics </p> <p>Karl Marx's Challenge to the Private Property System </p> <p>Modern Perspectives on Property Rights </p> <p>Chapter Conclusion </p> <p>Questions for Review and Discussion </p> <p>References </p><b> <p>Chapter 4: The Emergence of Modern Price Theory </p></b> <p>Chapter Overview</p> <p>Aristotle's Legacy: Justice in Exchange </p> <p>Just Price In the Roman Law Tradition </p> <p>The Just Price Concept in Scholastic Economic Thought </p> <p>Pre-Classical Theories of Value: Petty, Cantillon, and the Physiocrats </p> <p>The Labor Theory of Value in Classical Economics </p> <p>The Marginalist Revolution 147</p> <p>Toward Modern Price Theory: Alfred Marshall's Synthesis </p> <p>Chapter Conclusion </p> <p>Questions for Review and Discussion </p> <p>References </p><b> <p>Chapter 5: Money, Lending, and Interest </p></b> <p>Chapter Overview </p> <p>Money and Usury in the Ancient Scholarship </p> <p>Money and Interest in Early Islamic and Christian Scholarship </p> <p>The Changing Perspectives of the 16th Century </p> <p>Usury in Classical Economic Thought </p> <p>Chapter Conclusion </p> <p>Questions for Review and Discussion </p> <p>References </p><b> <p>Chapter 6: Public Finance in Historical Perspective </p></b> <p>Chapter Overview </p> <p>Taxation and Justice in the Ancient World </p> <p>Seventeenth-Century Perspectives </p> <p>The Physiocrats and "L'Impt Unique" </p> <p>Perspectives on Debt and Taxation in Classical Economics </p> <p>Late 19th-Century Perspectives: Knut Wicksell and Henry George </p> <p>The Keynesian Revolution: New Perspectives on Government Borrowing and Taxation </p> <p>The Theory of Optimal Taxation: From Ramsey to Mirrlees </p> <p>The Flat Tax, the Negative Income Tax, and the National Sales Tax </p> <p>Chapter Conclusion </p> <p>Questions for Review and Discussion References </p><b> <p>Chapter 7: Depressing Thoughts-Theories of Recessions and Depressions </p></b> <p>Chapter Overview </p> <p>Pre-Classical Theories of Business Cycles </p> <p>The Classical Theory of Recessions </p> <p>The Economics of Business Cycles Before Keynes: Wicksell and Fisher </p> <p>The Keynesian Revolution </p> <p>The IS-LM Model </p> <p>Countering Keynes: The Austrians and the Monetarists </p> <p>New Keynesians and New Classicals </p> <p>Chapter Conclusion </p> <p>Questions for Review and Discussion </p> <p>References </p><b> <p>Chapter 8: Economic Growth Theory in Historical Perspective </p></b> <p>Chapter Overview </p> <p>Classical Economic Growth Theory </p> <p>Economic Growth as an Evolutionary Process </p> <p>Modern Growth Theory: From Harrod-Domar to Endogenous Growth </p> <p>Chapter Conclusion </p> <p>Questions for Review and Discussion </p> <p>References </p><b> <p>Chapter 9: The History of International Trade Theory </p></b> <p>Chapter Overview </p> <p>Trade Theory in Pre-Classical Economics </p> <p>Mercantilist Trade Doctrine </p> <p>Classical Theories of International Trade </p> <p>Extensions of the Classical Model: Heckscher-Ohlin, Stolper-Samuelson, and the New Trade Theory </p> <p>Empirical Evidence: International Trade and Economic Development </p> <p>Chapter Conclusion </p> <p>Questions for Review and Discussion </p> <p>References </p><b> <p>Chapter 10: Population, Environmental, and Resource Issues in Historical Perspective </p></b> <p>Chapter Overview </p> <p>Malthusian Population Theory </p> <p>Modern Versions of the Malthusian Theory </p> <p>The Stationary State and the Value of Environmental Amenities </p> <p>William Stanley Jevons and the Coal Question </p> <p>Marshall, Pigou, and the Economics of Externalities </p> <p>The Coase Theorem </p> <p>The Economics of Common Pool Resources </p> <p>Chapter Conclusion </p> <p>Questions for Review and Discussion </p> <p>References </p> <p><em>Index </em></p> |
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