The hesitant hand : taming self-interest in the history of economic ideas /

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The author explores what has been perhaps the central controversy in modern economics from Adam Smith to today. He traces the theory of market failure from the 1840s through the 1950s and subsequent attacks on this view by the Chicago and Virginia schools.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Medema, Steven G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Free enterprise > History.
Economic policy > History.
Economics > History.
Economic history.
Politique économique > Histoire.
Économie politique > Histoire.
Histoire économique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
Economic history
Economic policy
Economics
Free enterprise
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Marktmechanismus
Wirtschaftstheorie
Dogmengeschichte.
Wirtschaftstheorie.
Wirtschaftsliberalismus.
Klassische Nationalökonomie.
Kritik.
Marktversagen.
Wohlfahrtstheorie.
Externer Effekt.
Wirtschaftspolitik.
Ekonomiska teorier > historia.
Egennytta > ekonomiska spekter.
Theorie.
Klassische Theorie.
Eigeninteresse.
Staatliche Einflussnahme.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:The author explores what has been perhaps the central controversy in modern economics from Adam Smith to today. He traces the theory of market failure from the 1840s through the 1950s and subsequent attacks on this view by the Chicago and Virginia schools.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 230 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400830770
140083077X
1282935682
9781282935686

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