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PERSPECTIVES ON THE HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT

Volume VII: Perspectives on the Administrative Tradition: from Antiquity to the Twentieth Century

9781852784478 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by S. Todd Lowry, Professor of Economics, Washington and Lee University, US
Publication Date: 1992 ISBN: 978 1 85278 447 8 Extent: 240 pp
Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought illustrates the administrative aspects that are an on-going component of most economic theory. It demonstrates that before the birth of political economy as a formal discipline, public and private administrators were formulating theories about economic processes as guidelines for administrative decisions. The main theme of this volume revolves around the influence of administrative considerations on the development of economic theory.

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Volume VII illustrates the administrative aspects that are an on-going component of most economic theory. It demonstrates that before the birth of political economy as a formal discipline, public and private administrators were formulating theories about economic processes as guidelines for administrative decisions. The main theme of this volume revolves around the influence of administrative considerations on the development of economic theory.
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‘Perspectives on the History of Economic Thought presents a careful selection of the most important and original contributions to the annual proceedings of the History of Economics Society. This series is essential to any serious student of the history of economics and to the collection of any University library supporting research in economic thought.’
– The late Mark Blaug, formerly of the University of London and University of Buckingham, UK
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Contributors: S. Ambirijan, J.G. Backhaus, S.Z. Bae, J.L.Y. Chang, M.A. Dimand, R.W. Dimand, M.H.I. Dore, F. Duboeuf, Y. Essid, P. Fontaine, S.M. Ghazanfar, W.D. Grampp, A.A. Islahi, Z. Kenessey, W.D. Sockwell, G. Vivenza, J.C. Winfrey

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