A History of Economic Theory

Classic Contributions, 1720-1980

By: Jürg Niehans

Business & Economics

a history of economic theory offers a comprehensive account of the builders and building blocks of modern mainstream economics. jurg niehans shows how the analytical tools used by economists have evolved from the eighteenth century to the present. niehans first surveys the development of classical economics from the scholastic and mercantilist traditions to marx. he then follows the progress of...