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A History of Portuguese Economic Thought offers the first account in English of the development of economic thought in Portugal. The authors adopt a comparative approach to analyse how economic doctrine, theories and policies have been disseminated and assimilated by Portuguese economists in different periods. They assess the influence on Portuguese economic thought of major economists such as Adam Smith, Keynes and Hayek.
List of contents
Introduction, Antonio Almodovar, José Luís Cardoso; Chapter 1 The Golden Age and themercantilist era (1500-1750), Antonio Almodovar, José Luís Cardoso; Chapter 2 The new path to the wealth ofthe Portuguese nation (1750-1808), Antonio Almodovar, José Luís Cardoso; Chapter 3 The difficult reception ofclassical political economy (1810-1850), Antonio Almodovar, José Luís Cardoso; Chapter 4 The avoidance of analyticaleconomic thought (1850-1920), Antonio Almodovar, José Luís Cardoso; Chapter 5 From corporatism to Keynesianeconomics (1920-1960), Antonio Almodovar, José Luís Cardoso; Chapter 102 Epilogue, Antonio Almodovar, José Luís Cardoso;
About the author
Antonio Almodovar isAssistant Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the University ofOporto. He is the author of several books in Portuguese on the history of economicthought and is a member of the advisory board of the European Journal ofthe History of Economic Thought.
José Luis Cardoso isAssociate Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the Technical Universityof Lisbon. He has published several articles and books in Portuguese and is thegeneral editor of the series Classics of Portuguese Economic Thought, published bythe Bank of Portugal. He is co-editor of the European Journal of theHistory of Economic Thought, published by Routledge.
Summary
The first account in English of the development of economic thought in Portugal. The volume covers from the golden age of the Discoveries until the end of the first half of the twentieth century.
